adjustment-of-status program began. The program has been carried out with the assistance of a number of voluntary agencies which have helped refugees fill out application forms and prepare documentation for INS adjudication. During the coming year, most of the initial group of 130,000 Indochinese refugees who entered the United States in 1975 will become eligible to petition for citizenship, having lived here for five years. Efforts have been begun by the voluntary agencies to facilitate this activity. CONCLUSION As 1979 drew to a close, the spectre of famine in Kampuchea (Cambodia) riveted the world's attention as new refugees by the thousands poured in ragged wave after wave across the border and into the already overcrowded refugee camps of neigh boring Thailand. First Lady Rosalynn Carter visited the camps and, noting the virtual absence of children under age 5 among the latest refugees, voiced fears that an entire generation of Kampucheans may already have been lost to famine. The problems encountered in successfully resettling refugees in the United States appear modest when contrasted with this situation, and these problems can be resolved with the continued joint efforts of the Administration, the Congress, voluntary agencies, individual citizen-sponsors, and State and local governmental units. As this Annual Report strongly suggests, thousands upon thousands of Americans stand ready to help the United States-a nation founded in large part by refugees-meet its historic commitment to those forced by tragic events to seek refuge from their homelands. • Underregistration occurs, as in any census type of operation, because some persons fail to register. Adjusted figures are based on total U.S. refugee population and assume same percent of underregistration in each State. * Estimated net inflow (+) or net outflow (-) of refugees from or to other States. Derived from adjusted INS alien registration data (Table 4) and data on initial resettlement location of new refugees who arrived in the United States between February 1, 1978, and January 31, 1979. The net inflow and net outflow were 10,234 each. *Based on January 31, 1979, alien registration, adjusted for underregistration; plus new refugee arrivals initially resettled in State; plus/minus estimated net inflow/outflow resulting from secondary migration between States. ⚫ 1976 data from INS alien registrations; data for new arrivals based on refugee records provided by Department of State. • Figures do not add to total due to rounding. |