HC Deb 26 October 1979 vol 972 c331W
Mr. Marlow

asked the Lord Privy Seal how many refugees from the Far East have been accepted for settlement since 1 January by each European nation, including the Soviet Union, by Libya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Cuba.

Mr. Blaker

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the numbers of refugees from Indo-China accepted for resettlement between 1 January 1979 and 30 September 1979 are as follows:

Austria 196
Belgium 486
Denmark 702
Finland 100
France 10,965
Federal Republic of Germany 5,552
Greece 52
Republic of Ireland 109
Italy 1,399
Luxembourg 45
Netherlands 734
USSR and other Eastern and Western European countries No figures available
Libya
Nigeria
Tanzania
Cuba
Canada 12,011
Australia 9,594
New Zealand 580
Norway 504
Sweden 689
Switzerland 1,707

The number accepted into the United Kingdom in the same period was 2,799.

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