3. Regional statistics for boat refugees from Vietnam: Read in 6 columns: place (A) refugee population at
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Oct 1980
1 January 1980, (B) arrivals Jan (c) resettlement Jan - Oct 1980, (D) "C" as per cent of A and B, AND (E), refugee population at 1 November: (N.B: Figures for Hong Kong exclude refugees previously settled in China)
Place
A
B
C
D
E
Hong Kong
50,600
6,366 32,998
57.9
25.303
Malaysia
34,300
14,902 37.007
75.2
13,103
Indonesia
32,200
5,931 33,388
87.6
5,451
Thailand
Philippines
6,800
17,324 20,809
86.3
5,305
5,300
4,219 4,830
50.7
4,182
Macau
Singapore
3,400 2,191 2,746
49.1
3,085
900 8,377 7,259
78.2
2,015
4. The November resettlement total was the lowest this year. This was partly because the U.S. was also selecting refugees for a three-month English Language Programme here and fell short of the usual quota of 1,500 for direct resettlement.
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