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Dr. Marek
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list in the Official Report the numbers of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong who were resettled and in what country for the last five years for which figures are available.
Mr. Renton
The table lists the places in which Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong have been resettled and the numbers for the years 1982–86.
Country of resettlement
| 1982
| 1983
| 1984
| 1985
| 1986
|
| Australia | 414 | 915 | 736 | 557 | 459 |
| Austria | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| Belgium | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — |
| Canada | 1,088 | 536 | 1,008 | 1,302 | 975 |
| China | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Denmark | 180 | 47 | 49 | 18 | 45 |
| Finland | — | 57 | 54 | 1 | 69 |
| France | 218 | 181 | 65 | 90 | 47 |
| Germany (FR) | 45 | 13 | 1 | 45 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 52 | 12 | 18 | 41 | 70 |
| Italy | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Japan | 11 | 1 | 34 | 52 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 110 | 26 | 18 | 13 | 82 |
| New Caledonia | 21 | 8 | 3 | — | — |
| New Zealand | 99 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 26 |
| Norway | 78 | 6 | 27 | 39 | 114 |
| Sweden | 13 | 207 | 11 | — | 101 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 3 | 9 | — | 22 |
| United Kingdom | 241 | 101 | 88 | 44 | 474 |
| USA | 6,657 | 2,065 | 1,541 | 1,721 | 1,323 |
| Vanuatu | — | 2 | — | — | — |