UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
60117
UNC SSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 263 OF 19 JULY 1983
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, WASHINGTON
MY SAVING TELEGRAM 255 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 19 JULY 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CENTRES
B.
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7.892
(7,855)
+27.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
61
(57)
C. UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
267
(266)
D.
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
5,137 (5,156)
19
E. TOTAL
13,357 (13,344)
THE NUMBERS UNDER DETENTION REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA
BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY, AND THOSE DETAINED
2.7.82.
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW CLOSED CENTRE POLICY ON
156
187
19
2.
HAVE BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 12 JULY.
2,366 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THERE
4892 7835
27
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 2,149 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF
WHICH 23 IN THE PAST WEEK.
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