Illegal immigration from China Monthly arrest for the
period between December 1974 and March 1981
Appendix A
Claimed date of entry
China
Via Macao
Actual Arrest
Land Crossers
Bay Crossers
Sea Crossers
Sub- Total
3%
Dec 74
Dec 75
337
347
701
1385
Jan 76 Dec 76
257
145
426
828
Jah 77
Dec 77
602
1073
140
1815
-
Jan 78 Dec 78
4598
2266
1341
8205
Jan 79 Dec 79
36844
15357
37739
89940
2117:
92057
Jan 80 Dec 80
32480
18031
31614
82125
824
82949
1981 January
178
190
333
701
3
704
February
264
29%
117
410
410
March
6116
116
254
981
981
TOTAL
76171
37554
72665
186390
2944
177101