§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong have been resettled in each quarter of the past year and in the previous two years; and in which countries.
§ Mr. LuceFigures for resettlement from Hong Kong of Vietnamese refugees for 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1984 are:
1981 1982 1983 1984 1st quarter 6,078 5,076 810 704 2nd quarter 5,566 2,117 1,283 3rd quarter 4,495 1,283 980 4th quarter 1,679 771 1,127 Totals 17,818 9,247 4,200 704 The resettlement destinations of these refugees were as follows:
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Destination 1981 1982 1983 1984 USA (direct to USA) 12,219 5,226 210 84 USA (via Bataan Refugee Processing Centre) 3 1,431 1,855 270 Canada 2,070 1,800 536 68 United Kingdom 1,775 241 101 17 Australia 500 414 915 220 West Germany 81 45 13 1 France 362 218 181 10 Denmark 220 180 47 2 Switzerland 97 14 3 — Netherlands 102 110 26 16 Hong Kong 93 52 12 3 Austria 14 — — — New Zealand 2 99 16 2 Norway 126 6 4 1 Norway (via Bataan Refugee Processing Centre) 61 72 2 —
Destination 1981 1982 1983 1984 Sweden 2 13 207 — Belgium 6 2 2 — Japan 68 11 1 7 Ireland 1 — — — New Caledonia (French Territory) 12 21 8 3 Finland — — 57 — China 1 2 — — Vietnam (Voluntary repatriation) 2 2 2 — Vanuatu — — 2 — Luxembourg 1 — — — Total 17,818 9,247 4,200 704
§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Vietnamese refugees are at present situated in Hong Kong; and how long they have been there.
§ Mr. LuceOn 1 June 1984 there were 12,638 Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong. A breakdown of their length of stay is:
Number of years Number of refugees* Less than 1 2,564 (20) 1 to 2 3,980 (31) 2 to 3 2,774 (22) 3 to 4 469 (4) Over 4 2,851 (23) Total 12,638 (100) * Figures in brackets represent percentage of total.