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FM HONG KONG 150947Z DEC 82
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1473 OF 15 DECEMBER
INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
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YOUR TELNO 1067 OF 14 DECEMBER: PQ: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. THE ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS IN PARAGRAPHS OF TUR ARE :
25% Apr 1/12
(A) ON 15 DECEMBER 1982 THERE WERE 9,013 VRS IN OPEN CENTRES AND 3679 IN CLOSED CENTRES IN HONG KONG.
(B) ON 15 DECEMBER THERE WERE 12,692 VRS IN HONG KONG. IN ADDITION THERE WERE 422 VRS WHO HAD BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA AND WHO SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERED HONG KONG ILLEGALLY. THEY HAVE BEEN IN HONG KONG FOR:-
(3)
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3 YEARS OR MORE
2 YEARS OR MORE
4,148
554
い
4)
1 YEAR OR MORE
1,2 231
(349)
LESS THAN 1 YEAR
6,759
(61)
12,692
(422)
(THE FIGURES IN BRACKETS ARE FOR THOSE WHO HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY. SETTLED IN CHINA AND OF WHOM 328 WILL BE REPATRIATED TO CHINA ON 17 DECEMBER).
(C) 37,468 VRS WERE RESETTLED FROM HONG KONG IN 1988, 17,818 IN 1981 AND 8,347 IN 1982 UP TO THE END OF NOVEMBER IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES:
USA
CANADA
UK
1980
1981
1982 21,053
12,222 6,548 6,548 2,070 6,076 1,775
1,041
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238
AUSTRALIA
904
500
345
W GERMANY
537
31
45
FRANCE
188
362
169
DENMARK
321
220
71
SWITZERLAND
414
97
14
NETHERLANDS
96
102
110
NORWAY
180
187
72
AUSTRIA
318
14
NEW ZEALAND
217
2
99
SPAIN
250
BELGIUM
29
6
JAPAN
36
68
تر
IRELAND
1
INA I
2
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