JAPAN 18 (3)
NEW HEBRIDES 8
SWEDEN 8
VIETNAM (VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION) 4
CHINA 1
IVORY COAST 1
SPAIN 1
P.A.
3. THE RESETTLEMENT FIGURE FOR JANUARY (2,662) WAS THE LOWEST SINCE JULY 1979. IF IT CONTINUED AT THIS RATE (AND WITHOUT
ANY NEW ARRIVALS) THERE WOULD STILL BE 21,000 REFUGEES HERE AT
THE END OF 1980.
4. ACCORDING TO UNHCR FIGURES, AT 1 JANUARY HONG KONG HAD
38.6 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL BOAT REFUGEE BURDEN IN PLACES OF
FIRST ASYLUM. SOME 44,000 OF THE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG HAVE NOW
BEEN WAITING IN CAMPS FOR 6 MONTHS OR LONGER.
5. THE FIGURES IN PARAS 1 AND 4 ABOVE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT 2,862
REFUGEES WHO WERE REPATRIATED TO CHINA IN JANUARY. THEY HAD. ORIGINALLY GONE DIRECTLY FROM VIETNAM TO CHINA, MOSTLY BY LAND
AND MANY EARLY IN 1978, WHERE THEY HAD SETTLED, THEY THEN LEFT CHINA ILLEGALLY BY BOAT, MOST OF THEM ARRIVING IN HONG KONG IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1979. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN
OUR ARRIVAL (OR DEPARTURE) STATISTICS. OUR REVISED ARRIVAL TOTAL FOR 1979 IS 70,868. OF THE REFUGEES REMAINING IN HONG KONG SOME
2,000 MAY HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY SETTLED IN CHINA AND ARE IN
GOVERNMENT DETENTION CENTRES WHILE THEIR CASES ARE BEING
INVESTIGATED. THE REMAINDER ARE ALL UNDER THE CARE OF THE LOCAL UNHCR OFFICE.
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