TNAG-0880-FCO40-1090-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 15

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Reference

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10.

RAAIVED IN REDISTRY NO. 51 12 FEB 1979

(346

REFUGEES FROM INDO-CHINA ACCEPTED FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM

1.

No

RE

RY

LEMENT IN

en

नय

The Home Office have given me the following up-to-date figures of refugees from Indo-China accepted for resettlement here:

Applications received, and approved, from Indo-Chinese in the United Kingdom (since 1975)

Vietnamese

Laotians

Cambodians

147

51

136

Applications received, and approved, from overseas

excluding boat people) from people who have close ties with the UK or who wish to join relatives here

Vietnamese

Laotians

226

120

Cambodians

30

Vietnamese boat people accepted 761

2. The totals, by nationality, of those already accepted for resettlement are:

Vietnamese

Laotians

1134

171

Cambodians

166

TOTAL

1471

+

.3. The Home Office do not maintain records of arrivals in the

United Kingdom. It is, therefore, not possible to say precisely how many of the above have in fact arrived, though the vast majority undoubtedly have: most are in the care of and in close touch with British voluntary agencies helping to resettle them here.

cc: Mr Humfrey, SEAD

Mr Williamson, HKÉD Mr Katzaros, MVD

P Morgan UN Department

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