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29.
There are reports that, because of their unruly behaviour, the Shenzhen municipal authorities have decided to send back gradually the many building workers brought in from other counties and to replace them with local workers or those considered to be more reliable ideologically. Many of the imported workers have
attempted to escape, often soon after arrival.
30.
There have been a number of cases in which shots have been fired at escaping immigrants (and also suspected smugglers) but the incidence is not such as to suggest that new orders have been issued. However, there have been two recent occurrences in which traffickers who were intercepted just off the Chinese shore while organising escapes by boat were shot dead.
From Vietnam
31.
During June, 24 motorised boats, 3 merchant ships and an Australian warship brought in 1,055 refugees from southern Vietnam. All except 14 were ethnic Vietnamese. Two sailing boats carrying 130 ethnic Vietnamese and 4 ethnic Chinese arrived from North Vietnam, the first to come from there since the moratorium began. 13 boats carrying 1,328 Vietnamese who claimed to have come direct from Vietnam but were in fact former settlers in China also arrived. The month's total of refugee arrivals was therefore 2,517, of whom over one-half
had been settled in China.
32.
The favourable south-west winds are encouraging more ethnic Vietnamese to leave the coastal village of Central Vietnam. Some from further south make
The few ethnic for the shipping lanes to await 'rescue' by merchant ships. Chinese in these groups are generally relatives or friends.
33.
All the departures from Vietnam appear to have been clandestine : the
As a result, Vietnamese Government's moratorium continues to be maintained. many ethnic Chinese in Vietnam are beginning to lose hope of ever leaving under a Government scheme and are seeking other means of doing so. event, the refugee shipping syndicates in Hong Kong continue to make contingency plans and money agents remain active.
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