TNAG-0899-FCO40-1109-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 152

Annex A

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Resettlement programmes for Boat Refugees from Vietnam Jan

(UNHCR figures) and proportion taken from Hong Kong

Sep 1979

A

B

Refugees

accepted from

Of which, number of

C

Boat refugees resettled

boat

from

Indo-China

refugees

Hong Kong

Cas % of B

USA

69,246

48,075

6,832

14.2

Canada

12,011

10,820

2,708

25.0

Australia

9,594

8,474

268

3.2

FRG

5,552

4,350

1,177

27.1

France

10,965

4,135

86

2.1

U K

2,332

2,219

1,379

62.1

Italy

1,399

1,359

35

2.6

Switzerland

1,701

864

50

5.8

Netherlands

734

644

77

12.0

Denmark

702

702

53

7.5

Sweden

689

689

7

1.0

Norway

504

504

29

5.8

Belgium

486

355

NIL

NIL

New Zealand

580

339

2

0.6

Austria

196

140

NIL

NIL

Hong Kong

113

113

46

40.7

Ireland

109

109

109

100.

Israel

102

102

NIL

NIL

Finland

100

100

NIL

NIL

Brazil

65

65

NIL

NIL

Greece

52

52

NIL

NIL

Japan

83

50

1

2.0

Luxembourg

45

45

NIL

NIL

Iceland

34

34

NIL

NIL

Argentina

85

29

27

93.1

Others

102

93

32

34.4

Total:

118,132

84,459

12,930

15.3%

Ne: The figures for resettlement from Hong Kong are based on Hong Kong

Government statistics since a detailed breakdown by UNHCR is not yet available. The UNHCR's cumulative total for January to September is slightly higher (13,229) and gives Hong Kong 15.7% of resettlement places for boat refugees made available during this period.

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