TNAG-1278-FCO40-1629-Statistics-on-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 40

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(A) REFUGEE POPULATION AT 1 JANUARY 1983,

(B) ARRIVALS JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1983,

(C) RESETTLEMENT JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1983,

(D) 'C' AS PERCENTAGE OF A AND B, AND

(E) REFUGEE POPULATION AT 1 OCTOBER 1983.

(N.B. FIGURES FOR HONG KONG EXCLUDE REFUGEES

PREVIOUSLY SETTLED IN CHINA).

PLACE

A

B

с

ā

E

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HONG KONG 12,631

3,438 3,073

19.1

13,462

MALAYSIA

8,440 8,920 6,896 39.7

PHILIPPINES 3,861 1,565 2,599 47.9

10,602

2,912

THAILAND

JAPAN

INDONESIA 7,274 4,068 5,681 50.1

8,374 3,164 2,484

1,905

5,753

21.5

9,278

332

593 26.5

1,719

MACAU

966

113 11.7

897

SINGAPORE

480 1,306 1,105 61.9

682

43,931 22,793 22,544

33.8

45,305

TOTAL

COMMENT

5.

135 ARRIVED IN OCTOBER, INCLUDING THE 19

RESCUED AND BROUGHT IN BY THE DANISH CONTAINER

'LICA MAERSK'.

THIS IS THE LOWEST ARRIVAL FIGURE

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/SINCE MARCH, BUT.