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FM HONG KONG 200554Z JUN 79
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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TEL NO.817 OF 20 JUNE
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OUR TELNO.757 : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
INFORMATION FOR MFA PEKING.
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1. PARA.2 OF TEL UNDER REF SAID THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE ABOUT ONCE A FORTNIGHT INFORMATION FOR THE EMBASSY TO USE IN BADGERING THE
MFA.
OUR TELNO.813 IN REPORTING A MEETING BETWEEN A.P.A AND NCNA GIVES FIGURES FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FOR 1-17 JUNE. ILLEGALS REPATRIATED WERE APPROXIMATELY 10,000, WITH A DOWNWARD TREND TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD.
2. OF THIS NUMBER ABOUT FOUR-FIFTHS CAME BY LAND, THE MOST-USED CROSSING POINTS BEING IN THE AREAS OF:-
(A) SHA TAU KCK } EASTERN END OF
(B) PAK FU SHAN
LAND BORDER
(C) THE MAI FO MARSHES
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WESTERN END OF LAND BORDER.
THE COMMUNES FROM WHICH THEY MAINLY CAME WERE:-
PING SHAN (0988/1472) AND KWONG MING (0361/2494) IN PO ON COUNTY, AND TAM SHUI (3225/3855) IN YAU YEUNG COUNTY.
3. OF THOSE ARRIVING IN BOATS, 1.E ABOUT ONE-EIGHTH OF THE TOTAL, THE EASTERN AND SOUTH-EASTERN SEA APPROACHES TO HONG KONG WERE THE MOST USED, WITH THE IMMIGRANTS COMING FROM:-
MUI LUNG COMMUNE (2734/7150) AND CHI SING COMMUNE (2212/0527) IN HOI FUNG COUNTY.
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