TNAG-0893-FCO40-1103-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 147

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FM JAKARTA 0504002 JUL 79

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INFO MANILA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK. INFO SAVING HANOI,

OUR TELNO 172 TO FCO: VIETNAMESE REFUGEE STATISTICS

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UNHCR STATISTICS AT END OF JUNE ARE:

JUNE ARRIVALS:

TOTAL ARRIVALS:

TOTAL DEPARTURES:

22,743 46.581 3.647

TOTAL AWAITING RESETTLEMENT AT END JUNE:

42,934

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2. ON 26 JUNE THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REFUGEES, ANNOUNCED THAT THERE WERE 47,000 REFUGEES IN INDONESIA (JAKARTA TELNO 196 OF 28/6). UNHCR HERE ADMIT THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE SINCE THEY HAVE DIFFICULTY IN CHECKING ALL REPORTS OF ARRIVALS,

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