TNAG-1278-FCO40-1629-Statistics-on-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 8

Refugee

Population

70,000

60,000

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).

Appendix A

Arrived

Daily average

Resettled

Daily average

1975 1978

1 Jan

-

-

11,544 (5,263)

8

6,150

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

7,849 ( 433)

22

9,247

25

1983 Jan (1982 figures)

138 ( -)

389

243

1,838

Feb

56 (

->

310

336

1,245

12

Mar

103 (

-)

225

3

231 1.993

ง

?

Apr

779

983

May

938

613

Jun

1,079

521

Jul

1,613

398

Aug

1,235

442

Sept

284

443

Oct

103

186

Nov

184

185

160

Dec

400

1983 Sub-total

1975 - 1983

297 (

-) 7.849 103,696 (9,932)

810

95,870

9.247

C

31 Mar 1983) = 3,000

Balance of births over deaths of refugees in Hong Kong (Jan 1979

Graph of Vietnamese Refugee Population in Hong Kong

50,000

Highest Regulatić

Lowest Population

68,693 (11.9.791 23.4.82)

40,000

30,000

20,000

10,000

...

JAN 79

بالال

JAN BO

JI

JAN 21

والا کی

1

JAN 82

JUL

JAN 65

JR

JAN 04