TNAG-0891-FCO40-1101-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 50

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CONFLUENTIAL

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: THE SITUATION IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA

1.

The number of Indo-Chinese refugees awaiting resettlement in

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the countries of South-East Asia is as follows:

2.

a day.

Thailand

200,000 (mainly Laotians and Cambodians)

Malaysia

75,000

<

Indonesia

31,200

Hong Kong

58,000

Philippines

1,600*

Singapore

300*

Japan

400*

Macao

* 1 May 1979

1,800*

Refugees may be leaving Vietnam at the rate of about 3,000

Of these over half perish at sea.

CONFIDENTIAL

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