TNAG-0971-FCO40-1190-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-in-the-UK-1980 — Page 244

B.

ARRIVALS IN UK BY COUNTRY OF FIRST ASYLUM

BOAR

Hong Kong Thailand Malaysia Other Countries Boat Rescues

Total

301

33

334

OV

Reception centre

arrivals during month

299

2

SCF

121

Reception centres sub-total

721

Direct resettlement

2

Total arrivals in month

723

Corrected total arrivals for

preceding month

743

9

52

301

12

133

14

33

768

6

8

20

33

776

48

852

Total arrivals from April

1975 to end of the month

3079

412

287

95

2058

5931

GRAND TOTAL

5931

Arrivals between April 1975 and announcement of 1500 quota in January 1979

92

9

7

34

602

744

Refugees sur place. At the end of this month the total of Indo-Chinese persons becoming refugees sur place since April 1975 was ..343...., consisting of ...155.... Vietnamese,

.136.... Cambodians and ... 72..... Laotians. These figures are not included in the above

total.

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HONG KONG POSITION AT END OF MONTH

(i) 10,000 Quota

Arrived

Outstanding

1987

8013

(ii) Selection*

Called forward but not arrived

661

ì

Selected but not yet called forward

55

*From month to month, persons who do not arrive when called forward revert to the category "selected but not yet called forward", unless they have decided against coming to the UK in which case they are eliminated from the figures.