Facts About,
REFUGEES FROM INDOCHINA
July 1979
How many refugees have left Indochina?
Since 1975 about one million people have left Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
Where are they now?
230,000 refugees, mainly Vietnamese citizens of Chinese ethnic origin. from North Vietnam, are now in China. 220,000, mostly Lactians and Cambodians, await resettlement in Thailand. Many "boat people", especially from South Vietnam, are in camps in Hong Kong (66,000), Malaysia (78,000) and Indonesia (47,000), awaiting resettlement. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on 14 June 1979 that resettlement places were needed for over 300,000.
Since 1975 seven countries have each offered more than 3,500 resettlement places:
USA
230,000
Hong Kong
(will take 168,000 in 1980)
France
54,000
Australia
21,000*
United Kingdom
(3,149 have arrived) Germany
14,300 14,000
3,600
Canada
15,500*
Other places have been offered by the following:
Switzerland
Norway
Malaysia
Netherlands
3,000
3,000
1,600
390*
(plus another 1,000 just
approved)
Belgium
1,300*
Argentina
1,000
New Zealand
970*
Denmark
600
(plus another 500 just
approved)
Denotes figures as of 1 June
Austria
350*
Italy
260*
Sweden
260*
(plus another 1,250 just approved)
Israel
170*
Japan Luxembourg
50*
30*
This paper has been prepared for general briefing purposes. It is not and 'should not be construed or quoted as an expression of Government policy.