TNAG-0895-FCO40-1105-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 298

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

REFUGEES & DISPLACED PERSONS FROM INDOCHINA ACCEPTED FOR SETTLEMENTa

as of 1 July 1979

RE

Number

Country

accepted

(1000)

Area (1000 sq. m.)

Number per

Rank

1000 sq. m.

U.S.A.

238

3,614

66

6

China

235

Taiwan

b

3,706

63

7

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

Thailand:

Total in Country

Accepted, await-

ing departure

Not yet accepted

land people

boat people

165 - 2.4

b

12.5 2.1

153 -7.3

24

total

175

ol

C

14.6

160

Malaysia Hong Kong Indonesia

Philippines

75

6.5

69

59

0.6

58

43

4.69

43

4.69

Macau -

Total

2.8

2.8

Other countries

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.

@ 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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