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FM HONG KONG 280653Z JUN 79
TO IMMEDIATE OTTAWA
TELNO.5 OF 28 JUNE.
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Refugees
2) Immigrations
Nλ 29/0
PLEASE PASS FOLLOWING TO B.D.L.S FOR SIR ROY REDGRAVE
FROM CHIEF SECRETARY.
1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELEGRAM OF 24 JUNE. FOLLOWING ARE
LATEST FIGURES AT 28 JUNE:
(A). VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:
ARRIVALS IN JUNE
:
18,885
ARRIVALS IN 1979
57,791
DEPARTURES IN 1979
4,828
TOTAL IN HONG KONG
T 58,544.
(B) IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA:
:
LEGALS (WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS) 1979 CUMULATIVE : 40,229
DAILY AVERAGE PAST SEVEN DAYS
ILLEGALS REPATRIATED 1979 CUMULATIVE
DAILY AVERAGE PAST SEVEN DAYS
159
: 45,739
160.
2. THE CANADIANS HAVE RECENTLY INCREASED THEIR PROGRAMME FOR 1979 TO 12,000 (OF WHICH THEY EXPECT 1,000 TO BE FAMILY REUNIFICATION DIRECT FROM VIETNAM) AND HAVE TOLD US THEY HOPE TO TAKE 1,500 FROM HONG KONG, THE INCREASE IS WELCOME BUT YOU COULD REMIND MISS
MACDONALD THAT SO FAR IN 1979 HONG KONG'S VIETNAMESE REFUGEE
POPULATION HAS INCREASED BY 53,000 COMPARED WITH 28,000 FOR INDONESIA AND 25,000 FOR MALAYSIA. WE NOW HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE
OF ARRIVALS AND THE LOWEST RATE OF DEPARTURES THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
13. You with
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