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provided a durable solution.
The principal countries of resettlement for land
cases are shown in the following table:
Country of resettlement
1975/76
1977
1978 to 31 Oct.
Total departures
Australia
Austria
572
487
1,672
2,731
132
14
1
147
Belgium
18
141
37
196
Canada
503
21
106
630
France
13,907
9,374
6,056
29,337
Germany, Fed. Rep. of
208
164
140
512
Malaysia
1,400
178
1,578
New Zealand
2
3
5
Norway
87
3
90
Switzerland
5
1
1
77
United Kingdom
23
23
37
83
United States
19,445
507
8,449
28,401
Six other countries
71
23
10
104
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(each under 100 total)
Total land case
departures
Land cases:
Viet Nam
36,373
10,936
16,512
63,821
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16. Since 1975 a number of refugees and displaced persons have arrived in Viet Nam from Democratic Kampuchea. In April 1978 the Government of Viet Nam requested the High Commissioner's assistance in providing humanitarian aid. The Vietnamese authorities estimated that by mid-1978, 150,000 refugees and displaced persons had arrived from Democratic Kampuchea. The majority are living in eight southern provinces, while several thousand are living in Ho Chi Minh City. substantial proportion of those who have arrived are children, while the rest mainly comprise women and the elderly. Most of those who are now in the provinces are of rural background, whereas those in Ho Chi Minh City are former city-dwellers. The Government of Viet Nam has also informed UNHCR of a large number of former Vietnamese residents of Democratic Kampuchea who have now arrived in Viet Nam and of an extensive movement of the local population away from the border.
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