text: projects, particularly inthefieldsoflegalassistance, counselling, assistance tohandicapped refugees andthepromotion ofself-help activities. 165.Resettlement inthirdcountries continued tobethemostpracticable solution forlargenumbers ofIndo-Chinese refugees, andsome961,000 departures for resettlement havebeenrecorded since1975:Voluntary repatriation, thoughthe mostdesirable solution, hasunfortunately notattained thescopehopedforby UNHCR. Nevertheless, UNHCRcontinued topromote voluntary repatriation inthe region. Largenumbers ofKampucheans andLaowhoreturned totheirhomecountries fromThailand ineither organiz~d orspontaneous repatriations havebenefited from UNHCRassistance designed tofacilitate theirreturnandreintegration.163.UNHCRobligations intheAmericas andEuropetotalled $57.4million in1984, ofwhich$54.9million wereunderGeneral Programmes and$2.5million underSpecial Programmes. 166.InChina,theplanned phasing-out ofassistance tothe276,000 Indo-Chinese refugees settled onstatefarmsinvarious prov~nces continued astepfurtherJ at theendof1984,onlysome56,000refugees werestillreceiving assistance. Some 1,200Kampucheans optedtoremainintheLaopeople's Democratic Republic, following therepatriation ofthemajority oftheKampuchean refugees. These persons arenowconsidered self-sufficient. Some21,000Kampuchean refugees in VietNamhavebenefited fromUNHCRassistance foranumberofyearsandhavenot yetreached asatisfactory levelofself-sufficiency.164.Bytheendof1984,thetotalnumberofIndo-Chinese refugees incampsand centres inasylumcountries intheregionstoodat160,217, ofwhom36,117were boatpeople. Thisrepresented thelowestnumberofrefugees registered incamps andcentres intheregionsince1977. Byfarthelargest population ofrefuqees wasinThailand, whichhosted82,094Lao,41,619Kampucheans and4,726vietnamese. Othercountries andterritories providing temporary asylumtosignificant numbers ofIndo-Chinese refugees included HongKong,Indonesia, Japan,Macau,Malaysia, the Philippines andSingapore. Inaddition, tworefugee processing centres, atBataan inthePhilippines andGalanginIndonesia, wereproviding temporary 'accommodation fornearly16,000Indo-Chinese refugees whohadalready beenaccepted for resettlement andwereintransit tothirdcountries. Therewerealsosome 276,000 Indo-Chinese refugees inChinaandanestimated 21,000benefiting from UNHCRassistance inVietNam.162.AContact Groupconsisting ofgovernment andNGOrepresentatives andUNHCR staff,whichwasestablished following the1983Seminar ontheIntegration of Refugees inEurope, metontwooccasions in1984tofollowuponthe recommendations oftheSeminar. TheContact Groupreviewed anddiscussed these recommendations andmadeproposals foralegalandinstitutional framework for '.:fugeeintegration, including mobilizing publicopinion andpromoting the employment andself-employment ofrefugees. TheContact Grbupsuggested thatUNHCR prepare anoteonsignificant developments inrefugee integration ineachcountry. Toassist UNHCRinthistask,Gcvernments andvoluntary agencies wereaskedto inform UNHCR,onaregular basis,ofanynewlegislative and/orpractical measures relating torefugee integration takenbythecountries concerned..--------~ .......~ ~~_......,iimili ~ ~!'ii:,.,'~ .73Z....__ "".......r-.......--I '[ J I·F i,-32-167.Assistance torefugees intheEastMalaysian StateofSabahaimsatachieving socio-economic integration through theimprovement ofhousing, theconstruction of schools andthefurther development ofcounselling services todealwithrefugee needs. 168.Following thearrival inPapuaNewGuinea'ofsome10,000refugees fromthe province of!rianJaya,Indonesia, UNHCR,attherequest oftheGovernment ofPapua NewGuinea, launched aprogramme ofemergency assistance inanumberofrefugee campsalongtheborder, pending theidentification ofanappropriate durable solution. Thisprogramme, whichisimplemented bytheauthorities ofPapuaNew Guinea, allowsfortheprovision ofbasicnecessities suchasfood,water,shelter, medicines anddomestic supplies. 169.During1984,atotalof$71.6million wasobligated forassistance to~efugees inEastandSouthAsiaandOCeania underGeneral Programmes and$10.2million under Special Programmes. Ofthetotalobligated, some$53.2million wereusedfor multipurpose assistance forIndo-Chinese refugees intheregion. F.Regional developments intheMiddleEastandSouth-West Asia I
analysis: The text primarily focuses on the humanitarian aid and relief efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in various regions, particularly in East and South Asia and Oceania. It discusses the assistance provided to refugees, including those in camps and centers, and the efforts to promote their integration into host societies. The text also touches on the economic and social aspects of refugee integration, such as education, employment, and socio-economic development.