4.
(B)
ZA
(A)
REGIONAL STATISTICS FOR BOAT REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM:-
REFUGEE POPULATION AT 1 JANUARY 1983,
ARRIVALS JANUARY TO JUNE 1983,
(C)
RESETTLEMENT JANUARY TO JUNE 1983,
(D)
'C' AS PERCENTAGE OF A AND B, AND
(E) REFUGEE POPULATION AT 1 JULY 1983.
(N.B. FIGURES FOR HONG KONG EXCLUDE REFUGEES PREVIOUSLY SETTLED
IN CHINA).
PLACE
A
B
C
D
E
HONG KONG
12,631
2.096
12,875
2,093
14.2
MALAYSIA
8,440
7.186
11,531
4,180
26.8
PHILIPPINES
3,861
503
1,776
40.7
2,665
INDONESIA
7,274
3.389
3,897
36.6
6,822
THAILAND
8.374
2,787
1,156
10.4
9,858
JAPAN
1,712
1,905
146
349
17.0
889
MACAO
966
108
11.2
613
SINGAPORE
480
697
546
46.4
TOTAL
43,931
16,804
14,105
23.2
46,965
COMMENT
5.
A TOTAL OF 517 REFUGEES ARRIVED. IN JULY, INCLUDING THE 44
RESCUED BY THE UK-REGISTERED 'ENTALINA' AND BROUGHT TO HONG KONG ON
31 JULY.
6.
ONLY 101 LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT IN JULY, THE LOWEST
NUMBER OF DEPARTURES SINCE 1978. THIS HAS BEEN DUE TO US FAILURE TO
SECURE VISAS FROM THE PHILIPPINES, RESULTING IN THE CANCELLATION OF
JULY'S THREE FLIGHTS TO RPC BATAAN. US CONSULAR OFFICIALS ARE CONFIDENT
THIS PROBLEM CAN BE RESOLVED BY EARLY AUGUST. IF IT IS NOT, WE SHALL
HAVE TO REQUEST THAT HMA MANILA INTERVENE WITH THE PHILIPPINES AUTHORITIES
ON OUR BEHALF.
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