239. The assistance programme in 1979 for these groups of refugees from Democratic Kampuchea amounts to $5.5 million. However, the evolution of the programme naturally depends on over-all developments in the area. An allocation of $200,000 has been approved for transportation of refugees among this group who are of urban origin and who wish to resettle in third countries. The majority of these are now living in Ho Chi Minh City.
240. Another assistance measure was the allocation of $204,821 from the Special Programme for displaced persons from Indo-China. This amount was used for resettlement and family reunion cases from Viet Nam.
241. Total expenditures on assistance in Viet Nam during 1973 amounted to $3,806,000, of which $750,300 were made available under General Programmes and $3,055,700 under Special Programmes.
Western Asia
242. The countries covered here are Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the Syrian Arab Republic, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
243. During 1973 the region sav a continuing movement of refugees, caused in part by the crisis in the Horn of Africa and also by events within the area itself, characterized mainly by the arrival of some 12,000 - 15,000 refugees in Yemen.
244. The total number of refugees of concern to UNHCR in the countries covered here could be as high as 45,000. They are primarily of African and Asian origin. During 1973, the Government of the United Arab Emirates delivered temporary national passports to all Asians of undetermined nationality who had arrived earlier from Uganda, as well as to some Zanzibaris, in order to facilitate their permanent integration.
245. At the request of the Government of Yemen, the High Commissioner made available $100,000 from the Emergency Fund to assist about 15,000 refugees from Democratic Yemen, through the purchase and transportation of emergency relief goods including food, clothing and vaccines. WFP was requested to provide additional quantities of food.
246. In Yemen also, a caseload of some 50 refugees from various countries continued to be assisted, at a cost of $9,726.
247. In the other countries of the area, a total amount of $181,600 was expended on assistance measures in the fields of supplementary aid, local settlement, resettlement abroad, and education for which an amount of $30,000 was made available to finance scholarships for refugees. Also included in the total was an amount of $45,000 obligated to assist Zanzibari Arab family reunion cases to resettle in Abu Dhabi.
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