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From:
Ref:
Tel. No.: 5-458031 Ext 18
Date:
19 August 1980
Director of Immigration (16) in IMM CR 4/191III
To:
機密
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ра
Secretary for Security
Your Ref: CR42/2004/7
dated
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
Illegal Immigrants from China - Repatriation
from Hong Kong
02 SEP 1980
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
Further to my memo in this series dated 23 July 1980 the
155
REGI
Acto Take"
Nwelf
GF 323
figures as at 31 July 1980 are:
Between 30-11-74 and 31-12-78
Jan. June
1979
1980
No. of illegals referred
for repatriation
No. repatriated
12,233
89,940
43-450
12,068
89,555
43,367
No. released
Absconded
116
51
22
n
2
2
Deceased
Awaiting decision
2
5 I
433
2.
The figure of illegal immigrants from China claiming to have evaded the patrols since repatriation started on 30 November 1974 is now 164,026. Various evasion ratios covering different periods since the start of repatriations appear at Appendix A. The Census & Statistics Department estimate of the evasion ratio (including Macao elements) for July 1980 is 1 1.1 compared with 1 : 0.8 (revised) for June 1980.
3.
At Appendix B are tables showing figures of legal and illegal entrants from China from 1972 to date together with an estimate from the Census & Statistics Department of total new entrants from 1975 to date.
cc APA
PAS(S) OPS
CP (Attn: Mr D Deptford,
AIICC) (3)
GIS (Research)
(Attn: Mrs S Simms)
DSB
DPC K
GSO 2 Ops HQBF
GSO 2 Int HQBF
Encls.
Millaan.
H K KWAN
for Director of Immigration
FCO (Hong Kong Department)
PAGENT (Attn: Major Morgan) (2) SO (HKS) HQBF
HSI HQBF
C for C & S
D
(Attn: Mrs D Shum)
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