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Boat Refugees Statistics

Appendix A

Year

. No. of arrivals

No. of departures

No. of births

No. of deaths

to UNHCR

Ex-China cases released

VR population

at year end

1975

3743

3 645

Nil

1976

191

246

Nil

1977

1 001

539

- Nil

1978

6 609

1 720

Nil

5.391

1979

68 748

24 377

1 074

278

Nil

50 609

1980

6 788

37 468

1 224

118

713

21 657

1981

,8 470

17 818

637

31

7

12 960

1982

7 836

9 247

376

14

587

12 627

1983

3 651

4 200

727

28

84

12 766

1984

2 230

3 694

552

17

55

11 892

1985

1 112

3 953

412

20

9 443

1986

2 055

3816

359

6

21

8 039

1987

3 395

2212

320

5

9 532

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1988

358

148

28

9 773

116 187

113 083

5 709

518

1 467

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