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Immigration Statistics (China)
January 1978
Legal immigration from China
Daily average : 92
Breakdown of legal entrants during month
Daily average for preceding 12 months
Outcome of arrest
cases during month
Illegal immigration from China Total arrested and processed at
Takuling : 178
Monthly arrests for preceding 12 months
(a) Quota :
1,135
1977 Dec
97
Repatriated :
185*
1977 Dec
134
(b) Non-Cantonese
Allowed to stay :
8**
Nov
82
Nov
118
residents :
1,079
Under investigation : 3
(c) Overseas Chinese :
477
Oct
74
Oct
157
(d) CPG passport holders,
Sept
77
Sept
274
destination shown as
Canada
34
Aug
62
Aug
220
Philippines
87
USA
18
July
82
July
221
Fiji
1
Venezuela
Malaysia
Mauritius
NWP
1
June
76
June
181
3
2
May
68
May
78
Apr
67
Apr
99
Mar
57
Mar
112
Feb
64
Feb
138
Grand total :
2,837
Jan
64
Jan
83
* 14 arrested in December 1977
**
4 arrested in December 1977
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