6
Boat Refugees Statistics
Appendix A
Year
. No. of arrivals
No. of departures
No. of births
No. of deaths
to UNHCR
Ex-China cases released
VR population
at year end
1975
3743
3 645
Nil
1976
191
246
Nil
1977
1 001
539
- Nil
1978
6 609
1 720
Nil
5.391
1979
68 748
24 377
1 074
278
Nil
50 609
1980
6 788
37 468
1 224
118
713
21 657
1981
,8 470
17 818
637
31
7
12 960
1982
7 836
9 247
376
14
587
12 627
1983
3 651
4 200
727
28
84
12 766
1984
2 230
3 694
552
17
55
11 892
1985
1 112
3 953
412
20
9 443
1986
2 055
3816
359
6
21
8 039
1987
3 395
2212
320
5
9 532
•
1988
358
148
28
9 773
116 187
113 083
5 709
518
1 467
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