TNAG-0898-FCO40-1108-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 230

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INFO HONG KONG (FOR COVERNOR), BANGKOK, MANILA, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA, UKMIS GENEVA, UKMIS NEW YORK, HANOI AND PEKING

REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN MALAYSIA

DFSK

MNDEX

PA

1. UNHCR FIGURES AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER ARE:

Sex 1760

SEPTEMBER ARRIVALS

570

9,726

49,748

SEPTEMBER DEPARTURES

CASELOAD

(LATTER INCLUDE 2,929 TRANSFERRED FROM BEACH TO UNHCR CAMP).

2. SEPTEMBER DEPARTURES (CUMULATIVE IN BRACKETS):

AUSTRALIA 508 (12,156)

CANADA 2,299 (7,696)

FRANCE 275 (3,168)

FRG 732 (2,757)

USA 5,720 (42,452)

UK 11 (192)

HUNT

FILES

SEAD

EK & GD

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

UND

FED

EID

FUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D

PS

PO/LES

PS/MR BLAKER

PO/PUS

SAR A DUFF

KR CORRAZZI

PER MURRAY

Ma STRATTON

LORD NG LENHOX