TNAG-0893-FCO40-1103-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 110

FROM SOUTH VIETNAKE 21,717 (377)

NOTE: 15 % OF THOSE FROM THE SOUTH ARRIVED ON SMALL BOATS FROM

THE NORTH.

B. ETHNIC ORIGINS:

CHINESE:

49,094 (84%)

VIETNAMESE:

9,377 (16%)

C. MEANS OF ARRIVAL.

39,981 (68%) ON 491 SMALL BOATS FROM PORTS IN NORTH VIETNAM, 12,156 (17%) ON 110 SMALL BOATS FROM PORTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM. 7,402 (13%) ON THREE ORGANISED OCEAN-GOING VESSELS. 1,004 (28) RESCUED AT SEA BY OCEAN-GOING VESSEL (SIBONGA).

ARRIVALS: 1975 TO 1979:

1975 TO 1978: 11,544

TO JUNE 1979:

58,543

TOTAL:

70,687

RESETTLEMENT/DESTINATIONS OF BOAT REFUGEES 1975 TO 1979:

DESTINATION

1975-78

1979

TOTAL

(*)

U.S.A.

Ucke

CANADA

4,677

2,799

7,476

67

91

1,877

1.168

10.5

386

324

710

6.4

F.R.G.

49

440

489

4.4

AUSTRALIA

218

201

419

3.8

FRANCE

362

33

392

3.5

HONG KONG

106

39

145

1.3

DENMARK

100

17

117

1.2

OTHERS

161

75

236

2.1

TOTAL:

6.159

5,002

11,152.

INDO-CHINESE PEFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS SETTLED IN HONG

KONG SINCE 1975: 14,224.

2. IN ORDER TO CALCULATE HONG KONG'S SHARE OF THE REGIONAL BURDEN, GRATEFUL IF ASEAN POSTS COULD BE ASKED TO TELEGRAPH THEIR BEST ASSESSMENTS OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FOR JUNC AND CUMULATIVELY FOR 1979 TOGETHER WITH THE NUMBERS AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AT 31 DECEMBER 1978 AND 30 JUNE 1979. IT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL TO HAVE CUMULATIVE 1979 RESETTLEMENT FIGURES

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