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IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA: DECEMBER SITREP
1. LEGAL ARRIVALS WITHOUT VISAS
DECEMBER TOTALS (NOVEMBER IN BRACKETS)
5,801
(4,489)
FOR HONG KONG OR ONWARD
DESTINATIONS
DAILY AVERAGE
187
(150)
DOCUMENTS USED:
(A) ONE-WAY TRAVEL PERMITS
367
(286)
(B) RETURN TRAVEL PERMITS
5,434
(4,203)
2. LEGAL ARRIVALS WITH ONWARD
VISAS.
2,162
(2,176)
3. REPATRIATION OF ILLEGALS: (A) ARRESTED ON ENTRY
(B) SURFACING AFTER ENTRY
TOTAL REPATRIATED
DAILY AVERAGE
827
(1,008)
131
(90)
958
31
(1,098) (37)
4. THERE WAS A SHARP INCREASE IN LEGAL ARRIVALS IN THE LATTER HALF OF DECEMBER AND THE DAILY AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH WAS THE HIGHEST SINCE APRIL 1979. HOWEVER, WE HAVE SOME INDICATIONS THAT THIS WAS A TOPPING-UP EXERCISE BY THE CHINESE TO ACHIEVE AN AVERAGE FIGURE FOR THE YEAR OF 150 PER DAY. ON OUR FIGURES THIS WAS SLIGHTLY EXCEEDED, WITH TOTAL LEGAL IMMIGRATION IN 1980 AT 55,473 (DAILY AVERAGE 151.6).
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