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ANNEX (1)
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
Position at 1st November 1981
Accepted for resettlement
(1) awaiting departure
(2) for US programme, but undergoing
language courses, etc.
1458
4705
6163
(a)
Being processed
-
(3) new arrivals in last few days
203
(4) by American agencies for US
programmes
441
644
Difficult (hard core) cases -
(5) being considered by other countries 1078 (b)
(6) rejected
Total
5418 (c)
6496
13303
(a) Includes 992 ship rescue cases.
(b) About 500 of these could be included in other country
programmes.
(c) These include persons convicted of offences in Hong Kong,
those who have (in some cases unwittingly) ruled themselves out of country programmes by failing to show for medical and departure formalities or having refused a resettlement offer, etc.
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