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June
6.1
July
6.0
August
5.9
September
4.3
October
4.4
November
4.0
December
4.6
Full year
4.2
3.
The figures in this table are meant also to be the raw material from which to derive comparisons which may sometimes escape notice in the briefer monthly summaries we send by telegram. One example, of a figure which is probably more significant as a monitor of Chinese policy and its effectiveness than the broad- brush legal immigration daily average which we generally use, is the net daily average of permit-holders (i.e. excluding those on passports without onward visas, since during last year they were probably allowed to leave China in the belief that they had valid opportunities of onward travel; and giving credit for the small number of permit-holders returning after a genuine visit):
1979 January
251
February
261
March
236
April
218
1980 January
February March Jan - Mar
142
147
142
144
May
174
June
158
July
148
August
153
September
148
October
142
November
148
December
152
Whole year 182
4.
A final point: the figures for permit holders refused landing at Lowu are essentially of people found to be refugees from Vietnam or Cambodia and whom the Chinese immigration officials at Shenzhen have been willing to accept back.
(I C Orr)
cc P J Williamson Esq HK&GD FCO
RC Fursland Esq FED FCO
Research Department FE Section FCO
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