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Mr. Churchill
To 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. Eggar
The 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 |