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TEL NO 2 SAVING

ATHENS, BERNE, BRASILIA, BRUSSELS, BUENOS AIRES, CANBERRA, COPENHAGEN, DUBLIN, THE HAGUE, HELSINKI, OSLO, PARIS, ROME, STOCKHOLM, TEL AVIV, TOKYO, VIENNA

SAVING

FOR INFO: BANGKOK, BOGOTA,

HONG KONG, JAKARTA, KUALA

LUMPUR, LIMA, MADRID, MANILA, OTTAWA, SINGAPORE, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, WELLINGTON

MIP SAVING TELEGRAM: VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

Table 1:

Regional Statistics of Boat Refugees from Vietnam

Read in four columns, all figures in thousands: Country; A. Boat refugee population end 1978 plus 1979 arrivals (as percentage of total); B. Resettlement 1979 (as percentage of A.); C. Boat refugee population 1 January 1980 (as percentage of total):

A

B

C

Hong Kong

77

(29%)

25

(32%)

52

(38%)

Malaysia

103

(38%)

69

(67%)

34

(25%)

Indonesia

51

(19%)

19

(37%)

32

(24%)

Thailand

15

(5%)

9 (60%)

Philippines

9

(3%)

4 (44%)

Singapore

4

(2%)

Others

? (3%)

4 2

(100%)

(29%)

65 H5

(4%)

(4%)

1.

(1%)

(4%)

Total

266 (100%)

132

(49%)

136 (100%)

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