BEEN RESETTLED IN EACH COUNTRY, GIVE THE PERCENTAGE WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN RESPECTIVELY FROM HONG KONG, MALAYSIA, INDONESIA, THAILAND, THE PHILIPPINES AND SINGAPORE:

COUNTRY

TOTAL BOAT

REFUGEES

H.K.

PERCENTAGE FROM:

RESETTLED

MAL IND THAI PHIL

SING

U.S.A.

90,760

13

55

13

12

4

2

AUSTRALIA

21,450

4

66

15

13

2

1

CANADA

20,620

23

59

9

4

4

1

FRG

8,060

20

41

20

9

เด

5

5

FRANCE

7,660

2

46

7

22

7

15

UK

4,890

80

6

Ø

6

-+

4

4

NETHERLANDS

2,090

13

50

Ø

3

6

28

SWITZERLAND

1,860

3

84

1

8

3

Ø

SWEDEN

1,560

1

59

41

Ø

Ø

ITALY

1,540

7

24

7

NORWAY

1,260

2

1

Q

26

7 6

Ø

61

ليا

3

68

DENMARK

950

17

34

15

23

BELGIUM

860

12

50

13

4

ليا قم

3

8

1

20

ISRAEL

300

13

2

Ø

21

52

14

AUSTRIA

290

00

8

66

11

10

4

Ø

IRELAND

210

51

49

Ø

Ø

Ø

Ø

HONG KONG

190

39

32

Ø

1

4

Ø

FINLAND

100

Ø

100

Ø

Ø

Ø

Ø

JAPAN

90

16

35

Ø

Ø

8

41

TOTAL

163,740

14.9

4.2

54.5 12.3 11.4 4.2

NOTE: THE COMPARATIVELY HIGH FIGURES FOR THAILAND PARTLY REFLECT THE FACT THAT SOME COUNTRIES PREFER TO TAKE BOAT REFUGEES RATHER THAN LAND REFUGEES (AND THIS TABLE DOES NOT, OF COURSE, TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE HUGE NUMBER OF LAND REFUGEES IN THAILAND): FOR SINGAPO ARE

THE PERCENTAGES ARE VIRTUALLY MEANINGLESS SINCE REFUGEES ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO STAY IN SINGAPORE AFTER A GUARANTEE OF RESETTLEMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. THE FIGURES THEREFORE REFLECT RESCUES AT SEA

BY SHIPS OF MARITIME COUNTRIES.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

HRGD (4)

SEAD

UND

MR MURRAY

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