REFUGEES & DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA ACCEPTED FOR SETTLEMENTa
as of 1 July 1979
Number
Country
accepted
Area
Number per
Rank
(1000)
(1000 sq. m.)
1000 sq. m.
U.S.A.
238
3,614
66
6.
China
235
3,706
63
7
b
Taiwan
1
13.8
72
5
France
52
213
243
2
Australia
24
2,968
8.0
17
Canada
16.4
3,560
4.6
19
Hong Kong
4.8
0.4
12,000
1
Germany
3.9
96.0
41
9
U.K.
3.7
94.2
39
10
Malaysia
2.1
128
16
14
Switzerland
1.7
15.9
107
4
Belgium
1.3
11.8
110
3
N. Zealand
1.1
104
11
16
Norway
0.9
125
7.4
18
Denmark
0.6
16.6
34
11
Netherlands
0.5
15.9
31
12
Austria
0.4
32.4
11
15
Sweden
0.3
174
1.6
21
Italy
0.3
116
2.2
20
Israel
0.2
8.0
21
13
Luxembourg
0.05
1.0
51
8
Others
0.7
Total
588
(including more than 95,000 boat people)
REFUGEES & DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA IN COUNTRIES OF TEMPORARY ASYLUM
on 1 July 1979 (thousands of persons)
Country
Total in Country
Accepted, await-
ing departure
Not yet
accepted
Thailand:
land people
165
b
boat people
9.4
12.5
2.1
153
7.3
total
5
175
14.6
160
Malaysia Hong Kong Indonesia
75
6.5
69
59
0.6
58
43
Philippines
Macau
Other countries
Total
4.69
43
4.6d
2.8
F
2.8
1.2
0.2
1.0
360
22
338
N.B.
Minor discrepancies in totals are due to rounding.
a These figures exclude refugees "sur place", i.e. those who were in the country of settlement at the time of the events in Indochina in the Spring of 1975. They include refugees accepted by the country of resettlement but still awaiting departure in the country of temporary asylum.
b Estimate.
c 147,000 Laotians, 17,000 Kampucheans and 10,700 Vietnamese. In addition, some 40,000 Kampucheans were estimated to be in the border area to which inter- national organisations did not have access.
d Plus 550 persons on "Tung An" still awaiting permission to land.
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