TNAG-0900-FCO40-1110-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 87

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RECEIVED IN * KT

- 6 DEC 1979

(1894)

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 464 OF 5 DECEMBER

PDX

A

AND TO HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR) MODUK (DI14) UKETS GENEVA

SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR BANGKOK MANILA UKMIS NEWYORK WASHINGTON

SAVING HANOI.

INDOCHINA REFUGEES IN INDONESIA: ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

1. UNHCR FIGURES FOR NOVEMBER ARE AS FOLLOWS:

see

1913

NOVEMBER ARRIVALS

NOVEMBER DEPARTURES

162

4964

CUMULATIVE ARRIVALS SINCE 1 JANUARY

CUMULATIVE DEPARTURES SINCE 1 JANUARY

2.

52,295

16,382

DESTINATIONS OF DEPARTING REFUGEES WERE AS FOLLOWS

AUSTRALIA

317

AUSTRIA

32

BELGIUM

94

CANAFA

993

FRANCE

91

FR G

432

SWITZERLAND

2

USA

3,303

3. ON THE BASIS OF ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES THE CASELOAD FIGURE FOR 30 NOVEMBER SHOULD STAND AT 36/,913. THIS, HOWEVER, DOES NOT TAKE ACCOUNT OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS DURING THE MONTH

AND AN EXACT CASELOAD FIGURE IS NOT YET AVAILABLE FROM UNHCR.

FCO PSE PASS SAVING HANOI

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

O'BRIEN

FILES

SEAD

PS

HK & GD

PS/LPS

BOAT PEOPLE

FED

PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS

EID

PUSD

SIR A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI

OID

MR MURRAY

IPD

NEWS D

MR STRATTON

LORD N G LENNOX

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