TNAG-0889-FCO40-1099-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 175

GR 165

INCLASSIFIED

M SINGAPORE Ø60228Z

TO ROUTINE FCO

TEL NO. 183 OF 6 JUNE 1979

AND TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONGKONG

HKK 243/1

-

7 JUN1979

IND

DESK OFFID

No

REPEATED TO ROUTINE BANGKOK, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA

SAVING TO HANOI.

929

YOUR TEL NO. 124 TO BANGKOK: VIETNAMESE REFUGEE STATISTICS.

1. CUMULATIVE ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE IN 1979 3 517

STILL IN SINGAPORE SINCE 1978

1976

7.7.6.

вр

4

APRIL ARRIVALS

APRIL DEPARTURES

MAY ARRİVALA :

MAY DEPARTURES :

1

266

NIL

317

66

CUMULATIVE SETTLEMENT DESTINATIONS FOR 1979:

PENDING DEPARTURE

PENDING ACCEPTANCE

OR MEDICAL

USA

143

54

FRG

87

NIL

BRITAIN

43

NIL

NORWAY

103

NIL

HOLLAND

66

NIL

FRANCE

NIL

15

AUSTRALIA

NIL

2.

STATISTICS SUPPLIED BY UNHCR SHOW THAT OF THE 517 REFUGEES WHO ARRIVED HERE IN 1979 99.6% ARE ETHNIC VIETNAMESE, AND ONLY 8.4% CHINESE OR CAMBODIAN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 31 REFUGEES LANDED HERE BY A NORWEGIAN SHIP AFTER 33 DAYS AT SEA, THE REFUGEES PICKED UP BY THE OTHER FIVE SHIPS HAD ALL SPENT 9

DAYS OR LESS BETWEEN ESCAPING FROM VIETNAM AND LANDING IN

SINGAPORE.

BANGKOK PSE PASS SAVING TO HANOI. HENNINGS

FILES SEAD

HMYGO