TNAG-1793-FCO40-2553-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation--including-Opera-1988 — Page 167

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Background

The situation in Hong Kong has been worsening for the past year, as

a result of increasing arrivals and decreasing departures. There

are at present over 16,000 boat people in Hong Kong compared with

about 8,000 a year ago.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEE STATISTICS

REFUGEE POPULATION IN HONG KONG

Arrivals

Departures

End-year population

1979

68748

24377

50709

1980

6788

37468

21657

1981

8470

17818

12960

1982

7836

9247

12627

1983

3651

4200

12766

1984

2230

3694

11892

1985

1112

3953

9443

1986

2074

3816

8039

1987

3395

2212

9532

JAN -MAY

1988

5152

1128

AS AT 1.6.88 13700

AS AT 10 JUNE 7118

1174

AS AT 10.6.88 15600+

Principal Resettlement Destinations

1987

Jan-May 1988

Australia

501

204

Canada

766

520

Denmark

5

1

Finland

30

France

61

FRG

5

Hong Kong

45

Japan

23

Luxembourg

Netherlands

26

71

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