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12. NUMBERS OF REFUGEES ACCEPTED INTO THE UK
1.
Excluding the refugees recently accepted from the mv Sibonga
(943) and Roach Bank (293) the UK has received for resettlement,
since the spring 1975, (or allowed to remain) a total of 2,043
Indo-Chinese refugees - as indicated by the following table:
$
Vietnamese
Cambodian
Laotian
TOTALS
Allowed to remain
155
136
52
343
UK ties
377
39
160
576
Boat resuces
804
804
1,500 quota
320
320
TOTALS
1,656
175
212
2,043
Of the 1,500 quota (1,000 from Hong Kong, 250 from Malaysia and
250 from Thailand) about 1,200 have still to arrive.
2=
The numbers of refugees coming to this country from the Sibonga
and Roach Bank will be approximately 1,250. In addition, there are
57 refugees in Singapore who were landed there, under the previous
Government's policy, with a guarantee that they will be accepted into
the UK if not resettled elsewhere. There are 41 refugees at present
on board the mv Ashford on the way to Singapore and in respect of
which a similar guarantee will no doubt be required before they can
Land. of the 40 refugees on the Norse Viking (which has now landed in
Japan) six have indicated that they would wish to come to the UK, and
on the basis of the formula agreed with the Japanese, we have
indicated that we will äetept them.
3. In sum, the total number of refugees the UK has accepted from
Indo-China since 1975 and to which it is committed to receiving in
the near future, including the Sibonga and the Roach Bank refugees and
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