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TEL NO 690 OF 6 NOVEMBER

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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA, HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR), ROUTINE MANILA, JAKARTA, SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR

INFO SAVING HANOI, VIENTIANE.

THAILAND: REFUGEE STATISTICS.

1. UNHCR FIGURES FOR OCTOBER ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

sction Tur

"

LAOTIANS

VIETNAMESE

ARRIVALS

2214

DEPARTURES FOR RESETTLEMENT

6330

128 (ALL BOAT CASES)

1518

KAMPUCHEANS

2734

1390

TOTAL

5076

9238

EXCESS OF DEPARTURES OVER ARRIVALS: 4162

2. TOTAL UNHCR CAMP POPULATION ON 31 OCTOBER WAS 163,269 EXCLUDING 5681 IN TRANSIT CENTRES IN BANGKOK AWAITING DEPARTURE FOR RESETTLE-

MENT.

3. MAIN RESETTLEMENT DESTINATIONS IN OCTOBER WERE:- USA (6131) CANADA (1482) FRANCE (409) ARGENTINA (341) GERMANY (267) AND BELGIUM (124), 66 WENT TO U.K.

4. COMMENT: THESE FIGURES DO NOT INCLUDE THE RECENT INFLUX OF NEW KAMPUCHEANS REPORTED IN PARA 9 OF MY TELNO 684. THE ESTABLISHED

CAMP AT KAMPUT HAS BEEN CLEARED OF REMAINING KAMPUCHEAN REFUGEES, PRESUMABLY TO ENABLE WORK TO START ON ENLARGEMENT OF EXISTING

CAMP TO ACCOMMODATE PART OF NEW OR EXPECTED INFLUX.

5. OCTOBER FIGURES SHOW CONTINUING DOWNWARD TREND IN UNHCR CAMP POPULATION WHICH HAS DECREASED BY 12,000 NETT SINCE JULY.

TRIPP

FILES

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

FED

EID

FUSD

OID

JPD

NEWS D

PS

PS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

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