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Denmark

FRG

31

30

Norway

25 (8)

Japan

23 (7)

New Caledonia

12

Austria

10

Belgium

4

New Zealand

2

Sweden

2

3. Regional statistics for boat refugees from Vietnam:

Read in 6 columns: place (A) refugee population at 1

January 1981, (B) arrivals Jan-Jun 1981, (C) resettlement

Jan-Jun 1981, (D) "C" as per cent of A and B, and (E)

refugee population at 1 July 1981:,(N.B.: Figures for

Hong Kong exclude refugees previously settled in China).

PLACE

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A

B

C

D

E

Hong Kong

Malaysia

21,600

4,485

11,644 44.6

15,043

12,100 15,918

12,519 44.7

15,644

Thailand

5,800 15,422

8,646 40.7

13,281

Indonesia 4,400 5,159

3,875 40.5

5,532

Macau

Singapore

Japan

TOTAL

Philippines 3,100 4,293.

2,900

1,100 4,077

1,900

52,900 50,213 43,893 42.6

2,663 36.0

5,231

297

1,677 52.5

1,608

2,018 38.9

3,208

562

851 34.6

1,633

61,180

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