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Distribution by type of education:
Graduate level
University
High School
Middle School
Secondary School
Primary School
Vocational School
Informal Education
No Education
Total
Distribution by religion:
Ancestor Worship
Buddhist
Christian
Cao Dai
Other
Size of the family:
Single
2 persons
3513 (31%)
1429 cases
3 persons
617 families
4 persons
298
5 persons or more
310
10
3 persons 383
2773
2
..
3828
2963
**
26
25
1250
11253 persons
2216
4853
3950
158
76
From the above data the profile of the group could be drawn as follows:
The caseload consists of predominently literate, relatively young mostly
male persons of whom the majority has no professional experience (includes
students) or have held non-professional jobs. In terms of family size the
highest single category is composed of those who have arrived unaccompanied.
IV. Reasons for departure
11. Unverified data collected in periodic surveys in Malaysia and Thailand
have provided largely consistant, if sketchy, information on reasons for
departures. Many invoke exclusion and marginalisation based on political,
ethnic or religious grounds as the main reason for their departure.
Exclusions are said to manifest themselves in terms of denial of employment,
educationsl opportunities or civic rights. Some claim to have directly experienced persecution (reeducation, prison, new economic zones) for the same
Many have a close member of their family in that situation. There
is also a considerable percentage who is driven by a desire to join relatives
abroad. Finally, there are also those who invoke political dissent as the
main cause of their flight.
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