TNAG-0792-FCO40-996-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 140

Departure of Boat Refugees from Vietnam from Hong Kong

Destination

USA

Canada

France

From "Clara Maersk"

Other Vessels

Total

2486

1235

(614)

3721

349

33

(4)

382

347

13

(

)

360

Australia

210

6

(2)

216

Denmark

100

(

>

100

Hong Kong

95

10

(9)

105(a)

Austria

62

()

62

United Kingdom

35

(

>

35(b)

Germany

30°

192

19

(

49

Belgium

24

()

24

Italy

2

2

New Zealand

1

()

1

Switzerland

1

39

(39)

40

Taiwan

1

()

1

Norway

12

(12)

12(c)

Vietnam

4

(4)

4(a)

Japan

1

(1)

TOTAL DEPARTURE

3743

1372

(685)

5115

Remaining in Hong Kong at 29-8-78

Nil

2909(e)

Total

Notes:

3743

4281

2909

8024

(a) includes 4 for whom documentation has still to be

completed.

(b) excludes 17 arrived ss Sibonga 10-5-78 who were

given transit facilities to the U.K•

(c)

excludes 71 arrived ss Johannesberg Stove 12-4-78 who were given transit facilities to Norway.

(d) voluntary repatriation by charter flight to Ho Chi

Minh City on 29-3-78.

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(e)

includes 4 who have applied through the Vietnamese Embassy in Peking for repatriation; excludes 1 died in Hong Kong •

(f) figures in brackets are departures in 1978.