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TELNO 37 OF 16 OCTOBER, 1979
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, F
PEKING.
REGISTRY
YOUR TELNO 30 (NOT TO ALL): ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND SINO-
VIETNAMESE RELATIONS.
1. THE FOLLOWING TABLE GIVES THE FIGURES THIS YEAR FOR ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA-
MONTH
ARRESTED
ESTIMATED
ESTIMATED TOTAL
EVADERS
CROSSING
JANUARY
1,934
4,708
6,600
FEBRUARY
2,714
6,208
9,000
MARCH
6,615
11,200
17,600
APRIL
8,368
12,300
20,789
MAY
14,430
19,500
33,000
JUNE
11,884
9,300
21,200
ミ
JULY
617
2,200
2,800
AUGUST
1.998
4.800
6,800
3
SEPTEMBER
5,484
7,900
13,400
1-15 OCTOBER
3,793
5,500
9.409
202
NOTE: THE FIGURES FOR EVADERS ARE BASED ON THE CLAIMED DATE OF ENTRY OF ILLEGALS WHO SUBSEQUENTLY REGISTER (AND ARE NOT REPATRIATED).
2. THE DAILY ARREST (NOT EVADER) FIGURES FOR FEBRUARY SHOW NO UPSURGE IN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BEFORE THE CHINESE INVASION. THE
AVERAGE FOR 1 TO 18 FEBRUARY WAS 63 COMPARED WITH 62 IN JANUARY. HOWEVER, FOR 13 TO 28 FEBRUARY THE AVERAGE WAS 144, THIS INCREASE PROBABLY REFLECTED HIGHER NUMBERS ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE IN THE BELIEF THAT CONTROLS WERE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED RATHER THAN ACTUAL TROOP AND MILITIA MOVEMENTS MAKING ESCAPE EASIER.
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