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TELEGRAM NUMBER 656 OF 20 MAY
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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YOUR TELNO 398: P.Q.S BY WRIGGLESWORTH
(A) THERE ARE 39,695 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AWAITING
RESETTLEMENT. AT A PROJECTED RESETTLEMENT RATE OF 3,000 PER MONTH, AND ASSUMING NO INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE OF 10 NEW ARRIVALS
A DAY SINCE 1ST JANUARY, 1980 IT WILL TAKE UNTIL AUGUST 1981 TO RESETTLE THEM ELSEWHERE.
(B) THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REPATRIATED TO CHINA IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS ARE:-
1979 - DECEMBER
15,202
1980 - JANUARY
4,054
FEBRUARY
<
4,597
MARCH
4,452
APRIL
MAY
5,898
:
THE WEEKLY FIGURES
4,993 (UP TO 19 MAY)
SINCE 1 APRIL ARE:-
OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REPATRIATED TO CHINA
1 7
APRIL
1,452
8
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14
APRIL
1,287
15 21
APRIL
1,360
22
-
28
APRIL
1,279
29 APRIL
5 MAY
2,113
6
-
12 MAY
1,810
13
<
19 MAY
1,790
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