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Appendix A

Boat Refugee Arrivals and Resettlement

(Figures in brackets indicate the number of boat refugees

rescued at sea by ocean-going vessels and brought to Hong Kong as the next port of call. They are included in the monthly totals.)

Daily

Daily

Arrived

average

Resettled

average

1975 - 1978

11,544 (5,263)

8

6,150

4

1 Jan 21 July 1979

63,958 (1,023)

321

5,701

28

-

22 July 31 Dec 1979

4,790 (643)

28

18,676

115

1980

6,788 (880)

18

37,468

102

1981

8,470 (1,796)

23

17,818

49

1982 Jan (1981 figures)

389 ( -)

276

13

1,838 1,868

59

Feb

310 (

-)

176

11

1,245 1,970

44

Mar

793 (

-) 779

26

1,993 2,240

64

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

1982 Sub-total

1975 - 1982

1,492 (

--) 1,231 97,042 (9,605)

17

5,076 6,078 90,889

56

Balance of births over deaths of refugees in Hong Kong (Jan 1979 - Mar 1982)

2,974

60,000

50,000

Refugee

40,000

Population

30,000

20,000

10,000

Graph of Vietnamese Refugee Population in Hong Kong

Jan 79

Jul

Jan 80

Jul

Jan 81

Jul

Jan 82

Jul