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VIETNAMESE BOAT REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

Table 1: Regional Statistics of Boat Refugees from Vietnam

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

Hong Kong

77 (29%)

Malaysia

103 (38%)

Indonesia

51 (19%)

25 (32%) 52 (38%) 69 (67%) 34 (25%) 19 (37%)

32 (24%)

Thailand

15 (5%)

9 (60%)

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4 (44%)

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Singapore

4 (2%)

4 (100%)

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7

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2 (29%)

5 (4%)

Total

266 (100%)

132 (49%)

136 (100%)

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