9.
AR
FOLLOWING THE GENEVA CONFERENCE IN JULY, WITH PLEDGES OF OVER 260,020 RESETTLEMENT PLACES FROM MANY COUNTRIES, THE HOPES
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARE HIGH. FEW WISH TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG,
ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE WELCOMED THE CHANCE TO FIND TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
WHILST THEY ARE HERE, TO ASSIST WITH THE WELFARE OF THEIR FAMILIES, THE VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES IN HONG KONG, LIKE OTHERS, WANT AN
OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN A NEW LIFE, IN A NEW COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY
CAN BUILD A SAFE FUTURE. WE ARE CONCERNED TO ENSURE THAT REFUGEES
IN HONG KONG GET A FAIR PROPORTION OF THAT OPPORTUNITY. ANNEX: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: SITREP ON 1 AUGUST. AWAITING RESETTLEMENT
JULY ARRIVALS
JULY DEPARTURES
66,651
8,797
1,335
1979 CUMULATIVE ARRIVALS
67,340
1979 CUMULATIVE DEPARTURES
6,337
1979 CUMULATIVE RESETTLEMENT DESTINATIONS:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
3,584
U.K
1,147
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
449
CANADA
755
AUSTRALIA
232
HONG KONG
FRANCE
NORWAY
SWITZERLAND
40
33
29
19
DENMARK
17
NETHERLANDS
ITALY
NEW ZEALAND
SPAIN
16
5
2
1
1
CHINA
VIETNAM (VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION)
INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS RESETTLED IN HONG
KONG SINCE 1975: 14,200.
MACLE HOSE
FILES
SEARD
HKJG D
PSI LPS
PS TARHURD
UND
FED
250
NAMD
SAD
MAED
£10
PUSD
1 pa
NEWS D MY D
PS
PSIMRALAKER
PSIPUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI
MA MURROY
MRSTRATION
LORD N.GLENNOX
MR FERGUSSON MR. FRET VELL
3
ADDITIONAL DISTN
BOAT PEOPLE