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CONFIDENTIAL
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
HUD 243/5 ния
1 FEB 1988
Current Trends: Statistics
1 February 88
1 January 87
9,773 awaiting resettlement
8,039 awaiting resettlement
1988 Arrivals (Jan): 358
1987 Arrivals (Jan): 155
1988 Departures:
148
1987 Departures (Jan) 163
OAXA А
2) File
22 -Repatriation
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Regional Breakdown:
Regional statistics for boat refugees from Vietnam presented as
below:-
(A) refugees population on 1 January 1987:
(B)
arrivals in 1987:
(c)
resettlement in 1987:
(D) 'C' as percentage of A and B: and
(E) refugees population on 1 January 1988.
Place
A
B
C
D
E
Hong Kong 8,039
3,395
2,212
19
9,532
Malaysia 9,044
8,287
8,181
47
9,120
Indonesia
3,849
1,672
3,242
59
2,453
Thailand
6,305 11,195
4,032
23
13,627
Philippines 2,715
2,677
2,271
42
3,219
Japan
830
139
478
49
515
Macao
620
3
121
19
518
Singapore
61
848
599
66
311
TOTAL
31,463 28,216 21,136
35
39,295
Reactions of ASEAN countries to HKG approaches
2.
i)
Thailand
welcomes suggestion, especially in view of rapidly increasing
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