TNAG-1791-FCO40-2551-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 244

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

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1 FEB 1988

Current Trends: Statistics

1 February 88

1 January 87

9,773 awaiting resettlement

8,039 awaiting resettlement

1988 Arrivals (Jan): 358

1987 Arrivals (Jan): 155

1988 Departures:

148

1987 Departures (Jan) 163

OAXA А

2) File

22 -Repatriation

PIA "/

Regional Breakdown:

Regional statistics for boat refugees from Vietnam presented as

below:-

(A) refugees population on 1 January 1987:

(B)

arrivals in 1987:

(c)

resettlement in 1987:

(D) 'C' as percentage of A and B: and

(E) refugees population on 1 January 1988.

Place

A

B

C

D

E

Hong Kong 8,039

3,395

2,212

19

9,532

Malaysia 9,044

8,287

8,181

47

9,120

Indonesia

3,849

1,672

3,242

59

2,453

Thailand

6,305 11,195

4,032

23

13,627

Philippines 2,715

2,677

2,271

42

3,219

Japan

830

139

478

49

515

Macao

620

3

121

19

518

Singapore

61

848

599

66

311

TOTAL

31,463 28,216 21,136

35

39,295

Reactions of ASEAN countries to HKG approaches

2.

i)

Thailand

welcomes suggestion, especially in view of rapidly increasing

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