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FM KUALA LUMPUR 060725Z DEC
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 447 OF 6 DECEMBER
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
SINGAPORE JAKARTA
MANILA
INFO SAVING HANOI
HKK 243/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NU. 51
6 DEC 1979
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
REGISTRY
Taken
UKMIS GENEVA UKMIS NEW YORK
PEKING
REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM IN MALAYSIA
1. UNHCR FIGURES AS AT 30 NOVEMBER ARE:
NOVEMBER ARRIVALS
NOVEMBER DEPARTURES
CASELOAD
507 5,699
37,182
2. NOVEMBER DEPARTURES (CUMULATIVE IN BRACKETS):
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
FRANCE
FRG
USA
UK
648 (13,465)
1,684 (11,697)
2 (3,448)
156 (3,248)
2,000 (47,702) 52 (287)
BANGKOK
COMMENT
3. ARRIVAL RATE OF NEW REFUGEES REMAINS LOW. RECENTLY ARRIVED
REFUGEES HAVE TOLD UNHCR IN DEBRIEFING MEETINGS THAT THERE ARE
NO PRESENT INDICATIONS THAT VITNAMESE ARE OPENING FLOOD GATES.
PENALTIES FOR UNAUTHORISED DEPARTURES ARE HEAVY. ALMOST ALL NEW
ARRIVALS THIS MONTH ARE ETHNIC VIETNAMESE.
4. DESPITE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT'S OUTWARDLY HARSH POLICY OF
RETURNING BOATS TO SEA, THIS MONTH NONE HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY. ALL REFUGEES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO LAND, WE THINK THIS TREND
WILL CONTINUE PROVIDING:
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