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30 JAN1930
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICEIVED IN AGA KEA ST TELE AM NUMBER 172 OF 29 JANUARY, 1980 INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE-LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA
AND WASHINGTON.
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MP T: VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES in Hong Kong.
Action Taken
Mist
See 12
1. FOLLOWING ARE THE TABLES REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 OF
MIPT.
TABLE 1: REGIONAL STATISTICS OF BOAT REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM
THE REGIONAL STATISTICS IN THE TABLE BELOW REPLACE THOSE IN
PARAGRAPH 1 OF MY TELNO 88: THE HONG KONG FIGURES HAVE NOW BEEN
ADJUSTED TO REMOVE FROM BOTH ARRIVAL AND RESETTLEMENT STATISTICS THE RECENT GROUPS OF VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES WHO WERE REPATRIATED
TO CHINA, WHERE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SETTLED BEFORE COMING ILLEGALLY TO HONG KONG
READ IN FOUR COLUMNS: COUNTRY, A. BOAT REFUGEE POPULATION END 1978 AND 1979 ARRIVALS (AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL), B. RE- SETTLEMENT 1979 (AS PERCENTAGE OF A), C. BOAT REFUGEE POPULATION 1
JAN 1980 (AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL):
HONG KONG
MALAYSIA
INDONESIA
77 (29%) 103 (38%) 51 (19%)
25 (32%) 52 (38%)
69 (67%)
34 (25%)
19
(37%)
32 (24%)
THAILAND
15 (5%)
9 (60%)
6
(4%)
PHILIPPINES
9
(3%)
4 (44%)
5
(4%)
SINGAPORE
4
(2%)
4
(100%)
1
(1%)
OTHERS
7
(3%)
2
(29%)
5
(4%)
TOTAL
266
(100%) 132
(49%)
136
(100%)
N.B. FIGURES IN THOUSANDS.
TABLE 2: CUMULATIVE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMMES FOR BOAT REFUGEES
FROM HONG KONG AND ASEAN.
THIS TABLE COVERS ALL PROGRAMMES OF 100 OR MORE (PLUS JAPAN). THE FIGURES IN BRACKETS AFTER THE TOTAL NUMBER WHO HAVE
BEEN