TNAG-1067-FCO40-1317-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 63

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Japan

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3. Regional statistics for boat refugees from Vietnam:

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

January 1981, (B) arrivals Jan-Apr. 1981, (C) resettlement

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

refugee population at 1 May 1981: (N.B.: Figures for Hong

Kong exclude refugees previously settled in China).

PLACE

A

B

C

D

E

Hong Kong

Malaysia

21,600 2,282 8,146

12,100

8,146 34.1

16,323

8,273 8,832 43.4

11,652

Thailand

5,800 9.536 5,487 35.8

10,537

Indonesia 4,400 2,158 2,624

40.0

4,064

Philippines 3,100 1,936 1,893 37.6

3,636

Macau

2,900

131 1,341 44.2

1,761

Singapore

1,100

1,215 1,379 59.6

Japan

1,900

120

983

677 33.5 1,355

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