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RECEIVED IN REGSTRY NO. 51 (30 MAY 1979
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FM HONG KONG 251050Z MAY 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.648 OF 25 MAY,
INFO IMMEDIATE
ROUTINE
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• HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON,
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MY TELNO.586: IMMIGRATION.
1. WE ARE NOW FACING A POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE HIXTURE OF
IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS WHICH I THINK REQUIRES EARLY ACTION,
2.
CHINA.
THE FIGURES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES:-
A) LEGALS. TOTAL THIS YEAR : 35,290. CURRENT RATE 191 PER DAY,
OR 6,000 FOR THIS MONTH,
(B) ILLEGALS. 29,000 ARRESTED THIS YEAR (OF WHOM 10,000 THIS MONTH),
ESTIMATED EVADERS THIS YEAR: 60,000.
(C) COMBINED LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SO FAR THIS YEAR: 95,000.
PROJECTION FOR YEAR AT THIS RATE: 228,803.
3.
PROJECTION FOR YEAR AT RATE OF LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
THIS MONTH: 408,809.
THE LEGAL FIGURES HAVE BEEN DROPPING SLOWLY. MONTHLY FIGURES
SINCE JANUARY HAVE BECN1-
8,020, 7,600, 7,600, 6,890,
6,000.
THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO OUR REPRESENTATIONS AND NONA SAY THE NUMBERS
WILL CONTINUE TO DROP, BUT THEY ARE STILL MORE THAN TREBLE OUR
TARGET OF 1550 A MONTI!. NCNA PERSISTENTLY DEFER THE DISCUSSIONS
WE HAVE ASKED FOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT YET AUTHORITY FOR
**CONCRETE MEASURES". THEY ARE NO DOUBT IN A DIFFICULT POSITION
AND DOING THEIR BEST.
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