PERSONS FROM VIETNAM WHO ARRIVED BY BOATS IN SOUTH EAST ASTA AND FAR EAST
SITUATION AS AT 23 JULY 1976
(excluding Thailand)
Location
No. of
persons
Means of arrival
Date of arrival
Resettlement solution
Found
Sought
MALAYSIA
1. Trengganu
31
Boat
16.11.75
27
2. Kuantan
25
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25.12.75
3.
Besut
15
Boat
1.3.76
4. Sungai Dungan
28
Boat
14.3.76
5.
Kuala Trengganu
5
Boat N.T. 2473
14.3.76
Other information
Australia (left April 76)|
4 USA
(left 16.3.76)
Temporary asylum granted after UNHCR intervention. The group was moved to
Besut
25 USA
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Temporary asylum granted to this group and are now living in Pahang. All de- sire to be resettled in US interview took place by US Embassy officials on 18.5.76
Group sailed away on 12.3.76, destina- tion supposedly Taiwan. Sufficient sup plies for one week were given to them by the State Social Welfare Department and Red Crescent
Boat stranded due to engine failure. Group left for Guam on 26.3.76. Suf- ficient supplies for one week were given to group
Group arrived from Singapore and left for Taiwan on 23.3.76
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