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Ethnic Composition of Small Boat Arrival 1920

On boats from N Vn

Month

On boats from 8 Va

(of ethnic Vietnamese) % of ethnic Vietnamese)

January

1894 (4%)

183 (720)

February

2314 (1%)

587 (460)

March

2287 (0.1%)

827 (9%)

April

5151 (43)

992 (28%)

May

14004 (11%)

2247 (28%)

June

14331 (11%)

5320 (39%)

TOTAL

39981 (8.4%)

10156 (34%)

Note:

Some refugees from South Vietnam left on small boa ts from Ports in North Vietnam. Total from January to June 1979 = 3170 of whom 2904 are ethnic Chinese and 266 are ethnic Vietnamese.