§ Mr. ChurchillTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many families among Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong have requested to be repatriated to Vietnam, in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. EggarThe numbers of Vietnamese who have asked to be repatriated to Vietnam in each of the last 10
The table below gives details of departures from Hong Kong since 1979 for the United Kingdom and all other countries. 1975–79 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 up to 15 March Argentina 29 — — — — — — — — — Australia 1,052 90 500 414 915 736 557 459 501 92 Austria 86 318 14 — — — 6 — 3 — Belgium 125 29 6 2 2 11 1 — 42 — Bermuda — 7 — — — — — — — — Canada 5,187 6,548 2,070 1,088 536 1,008 1,302 975 766 255 China 1 33 1 2 — — — — — — Denmark 264 321 220 180 47 49 18 45 5 1 Finland — — — — 57 54 — 69 30 — France 526 188 362 218 181 65 90 47 61 — Greece — 42 — — — — — — 3 — Hong Kong 180 109 93 52 12 18 41 70 45 4 Ireland 109 — 1 — — — — — — — Israel 38 — — — — — — — — — Italy 113 — — — — — — — — — Ivory Coast — — — — — — — — — — Japan 16 36 68 11 1 34 52 5 23 — Luxembourg — 5 — — — — — — 26 — Netherlands 261 96 102 110 26 18 13 82 71 — New Caledonia 32 4 12 21 8 3 — — — — New Zealand 84 217 2 99 16 20 23 26 51 5 Norway 57 180 187 78 6 27 39 114 33 — Spain 1 250 — — — — — — — — Sweden 8 95 2 13 207 11 — 101 44 — Switzerland 91 414 97 14 3 9 — 22 8 2 Taiwan 1 4 1 — — — — — — — United Kingdom 3,988 6,076 1,775 241 101 88 44 474 156 55 USA 16,583 21,053 12,222 1,657 2,065 1,541 1,721 1,323 333 122 Vanuatu 8 2 — — 2 — — — — — Vietnam 8 — 2 2 2 — — — 1 — West Germany 1,678 537 81 45 13 — 45 44 5 2