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INFO UKMIS NEWYORK UKMIS GENEVA HONGKONG FOR GOVERNOR)
JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE
INFO SAVING HANOI AND VIENTIANE
THAILAND : INDOCHINESE REFUGEES.
1. UNHCR FIGURES FOR DECEMBER ARE AS FOLLOWS.
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LAOTIANS ARRIVALS 1587 DEPARTURES FOR RESETTLEMENT 7244
VIETNAMESE ARRIVALS 684 (ALL BOAT CASES) DEPARTURES FOR RESETTLEMENT
1369 (INCL 959 BOAT CASES)
KAMPUCHEANS ARRIVALS 824 (INCL 6 BOAT CASES) DEPARTURES..974
TOTAL ARRIVALS 3095 DEPARTURES..." 9587
EXCESS OF DEPARTURES OVER ARRIVALS : 5492
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TOTAL UNHCR CAMP POPULATION ON 30 NOV WAS 156,252,
EXCLUDING 7433 IN TRANSIT CENTRES AWAITING DEPARTURE FOR
RESETTLEMENT.
3. MAIN RESETTLEMENT DESTINATIONS IN NOVEMBER WERE USA(6445) CANADA(1216) FRANCE 466 AND W.GERMANY 406. 10 WENT TO UK.
4. COMMENT: ANOTHER GOOD MONTH FOR DEPARTURES, WHICH, WITH
THE LOWER RATE OF ARRIVALS BRINGS THE CAMP POPULATION DOWN TOWARDS APRIL LEVELS. THE LAO POPULATION (133.680) IS THE LOWEST
SINCE MARCH THIS YEAR. THE FIGURES DO NOT REPEAT NOT INCLUDE
THE LATEST INFLUX OF KAMPUCHEANS. 96.000 ARE NOW LOCATED IN
HOLDING CENTRES, AND ALMOST 600,000 ARE MASSED ALONG THE BORDER.
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