*C
19 July 1978
Mr Patrick Wall (Haltemprice): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many refugees from mainland China have been repatriated after having entered Hong Kong in each of the past five years.
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MR EVAN LUARD
The numbers of would-be illegal immigrants who have
been repatriated from Hong Kong to China are as follows:-
1973
0
1974
233
1975
1,133
1976
810
1977
1,779
1978
(January-June) 1,556
I would emphasise that those repatriated are not,
and do not claim to be, refugees.