TNAG-0899-FCO40-1109-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 47

Boat refugee Population at end 1978. + arrivals Jan-Oct 79

As % of total

Resettle-

(for

ment Jan-

these

Oct 1979

places)

places)

As % of total (for these

Resettlement as % of end

1978 population + 1979 arrivals

Hong Kong

Malaysia

79,007

31.0

16,468

17.1

20.8

101,888

39.9

59,207

61.4

58.1

Indonesia

50.396

19.7

9,681

10.0

19.2

Thailand

14,140

5.5

7,542

7.8

53.3

Philippines

9,765

3.8

3,506

3.6

35.9

Total:

255,196

100%

96,404

100%

37.8%

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