CONFIDENTIAL
MEMO
MER do
機密
rom: Director of Immigration 341 Secretary for Security
Ref : (62) in IMM/CR 4/19,
Tel : 5-240744
NY MO. 51
Your Ref: CR 12/2091/79
Date: 27 October 1981
Dated n
FA
No
670
Illegal Immigrants from China
from Hong Kong
Repatriation
Further to my memo in this series dated 1 October 1981 the
figures as at 30 September 1981 are as follows :-
No. of illegals referred
for repatriation
No. repatriated
No. released
Abscond
Deceased
Between 30-11-74 and 31-12-78
Jan
Sep
1979
1980
1981
12,233
89,940
82,125
5,939*
12,068
89,555
82,351
5,953*
116
51
57
17
2
2
2
5
Awaiting decision.
58
* Excluding 'shoppers'
1059
'surrendered for repatriation (SUL)' 'evaders (VIC)'
261
789
excess crew members'
97
'smugglers'
366
see
106
'other means'
21
(115
2.
A breakdown on the arrested illegal immigrants from China between December 1974 and September 1981 is at Appendix A.
3.
At Appendix B are tables showing figures of legal and illegal entrants from China from 1972 to 30 September 1981 together with an estimate from the Census and Statistics Department of total new entrants from 1975 to September 1980.
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