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5. VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: THE SITUATION IN SOUTH EAST ASIA

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1. The number of Indo-Chinese refugees awaiting resettlement in

the countries of South East Asia is as follows:

Thailand

Malaysia

Hong Kong

Indonesia

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Philippines

Singapore

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Japan

Macao

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1 June 1979

200,000 (the majority Laotians)

75,000

60,000

47,000 to UNHCE)

(includes 4,000 not known

2,500* (plus 1,542 on Tung An

waiting to land)

500

400

1,800

2.

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

Of these over half perish at

sea.

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