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3. Regional statistics for boat refugees from Vietnam: Read in 6 columns: place (A) refugee population at

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Oct 1980

1 January 1980, (B) arrivals Jan (c) resettlement Jan - Oct 1980, (D) "C" as per cent of A and B, AND (E), refugee population at 1 November: (N.B: Figures for Hong Kong exclude refugees previously settled in China)

Place

A

B

C

D

E

Hong Kong

50,600

6,366 32,998

57.9

25.303

Malaysia

34,300

14,902 37.007

75.2

13,103

Indonesia

32,200

5,931 33,388

87.6

5,451

Thailand

Philippines

6,800

17,324 20,809

86.3

5,305

5,300

4,219 4,830

50.7

4,182

Macau

Singapore

3,400 2,191 2,746

49.1

3,085

900 8,377 7,259

78.2

2,015

4. The November resettlement total was the lowest this year. This was partly because the U.S. was also selecting refugees for a three-month English Language Programme here and fell short of the usual quota of 1,500 for direct resettlement.

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