TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 220

Arrivals

REGIONAL REFUGEE STATISTICS JAN

JULY 1979

ENCLOSURE II

Thailand

Hong Kong Malaysia Indonesia

Philippines

(Boat Cases)

Singapore Total

i

67,400

51,660

46,600

9,500

6,250

1,900

183,310

Departures

6,400

40,260

2,600

4,700

2,810

800

57,570

of which, to U.S.A.

3.580

21,190

205

Canada

750

4,670

1

NOT YET

Australia

230

4,600

NOT YET AVAILABLE

9

France

30

1,440

AVAILABLE

447

31 Dec 1978

5,400

49,600

2,200

4,200

2,100

63,500

Total at 31 July 1979

66,400

61,000

46,200

9,000

5,540

1,100

189,200

Increase Jan

July 1979

61,000

11,400

44,000

4,800

3,440

1,100

125,700

Departures 1979 as % of Arrivals 1979

9.5%

77.9%

5.6%

49.5%

45%

42.1%

31.4%

N.B. The total number of Boat and Land refugees in Thailand at 31 July was 177,200.

The total number of refugees in the region was about 357,400.