UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING TELES RAI.
BY BAY
Unclassified
From The Governor Hong Kong
To the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
HKK 243/1
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Telegram Number 248 Saving of 19 August 1987 AUG 1980
Repeated for information Saving to Hong Kong Rovernments/gfpice, London, Moduk (DS11), Ukmis Geneva, Hanoi, Washington, Ukmis New York, Peking, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok.
My Saving Telegram No. 240: Vietnamese Refugees.
1.
Aw 27/8
Refugees in Hong Kong at 0900hrs 19 August 1980:-
(Previous week's figures in brackets)
A. In UNHCR Camps
B. Government Accommodation
and quarantine anchorage
C. Under detention
D. Total
Sex
30,398
(30,824)
2,090
( 2,229)
6,005
( 5,819)
38,493
(38,872)
The numbers under detention represents the number of Vietnamese Refugees who have been settled in China before coming to Hong Kong illegally.
2.
9,231 refugees have arrived since 1 January 1980. The increase of 201 since 12 August is due to the arrival of nine small boats and a commercial flight carrying 11 refugees who were employees of the former British Consulate staff in Ho Chi Minh City.
3.
UNHCR has resettled 24,258 refugees since 1 January of which 621 in the past week.
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LIMITED
SEAD
HAE&D
UND OID NEWS)
SIR.E. YOUDE
UNCLASSIFIED
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED