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TELEGRAM NUMBER 487 OF 24 APRIL
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INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, LREKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
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MY TELNO 468: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 24 APRIL :-
A, UNDER UNHCR CARE
5,984
B. IN DETENTION
11,583
C. ON BOARD THE SKY LUCK''
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D. TOTAL
2,658 20,222
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2. THE INCREASE OF 1,069 SINCE 17 APRIL IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 15 SMALL BOATS. 573 PERSONS (ESTABLISHED AFTER A
HEAD COUNT) WERE LANDED FROM THE 'HA LUNG' ON 21 APRIL DUE TO
GROSS OVERCROWDING AND SEVERE HEALTH HAZARDS,
3. 10,088 SMALL BOAT REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY
1979 AND A FURTHER 583 OF SUCH REFUGEES HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO
UNHCR.
4. UNHCR HAS SENT 2,840 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE
1 JANUARY 1979.
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