TNAG-0889-FCO40-1099-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 82

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

REFUGEES & DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA ACCEPTED FOR SETTLEMENT &

AS OF 1 MAY 1979

Number

Country

accepted

Area

Number por

(1000)

(1000 sq. m.)

1000 sq. D.

Rank

ཀ-

China

230

3,706

62

b

Taiwan

1

13.8

72

5

U.S.A.

217

3,614

60

T

France

48.8

213

229

Australia

19.5

2,908

5.6

18

Canada

14.4

3.560

4.0

19

Hong Kong

5 8

0.4

20,000

Germany

3.5

96.0

30

6

U.K.

2.2

94.2

23

12

Malaysia

1.6

128

12.5

14

Switzerland

1.5

15.9

94

4

Belgium

1.3

11.8

110

Norway

0.9

125

7.2

17

N. Zealand

0.8

104

7.7

16

Denmark

0.6

16.6

36

Netherlands

0.38

15.9

24

11

Austria

0.34

32.4

10.4

15

Italy

0.25

116

2.2

20

Israel

0.17

8.0

21

13

Japan

0.05

143

0.4

21

Luxembourg

0.03

1.0

30

10

Others

0.7

Total

553

(including more than 70,000 boat people)

REFUGEES & DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA IN COUNTRIES OF TEMPORARY ASYLUM

IN NEED OF (RE) SETTLEMENT À ON 1 MAY 1972

(thousands of persons)

Thailand

Malayefa

149

(of whom 3,126 boat people)

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Macau

54.1 20.22

11.7

1.8

Philippines

1.6

Japan

0.4

Singapore

0.3

Other countries

0.1

Total

239.2

(of whom 79,514 boat people)

4

13

A These figures exclude refugees "sur place", 1.e. those who were in the countAS SE Bettlement at the time of the change of régime in South Vietnam. They include refugees accepted by the country of resettlement but still awaiting departure 1. the country of temporary asylum.

b Estimate.

Estimate of the Hong Kong Government.

اماهام

4

These figures exclude persons who are still in the country of temporary asylum, but have been accepted for resettlement by another country and are merely qual ing departure. They total some 12,500 persons, of whom 9,463 are bout people. ePlus 2,661 persons on "Skyluck" still awaiting permission to land.

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