BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
SAVING TELEGRAM
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 442 of 14th DECEMBER 1983
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, WASHINGTON
MY SAVING TELEGRAM 424 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
(48)
47
see 149
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 13 DECEMBER 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CENTRES
ths Weller
7 086
(7 170)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
58
(61)
C.
UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
225
(300)
D.
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
5752 (5 736)
HKK 243/4
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
23 DEC 1983
E. TOTAL
13 121 (13 267)
DESK OFFICEA
INDEX
REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
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
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW CLOSED CENTRE POLICY ON
2.7.82.
2. 3 712 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE
INCREASE OF 19 SINCE 6 DECEMBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF
1 SMALL BOAT.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 4 012 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY
OF WHICH 176 IN THE PAST WEEK.
13121.
12896
75 SUSPECTED EX-CHINA CASES WERE RELEASED TO UNHCR
FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT PROCESSING ON 6.12.83 AFTER BEING
CONFIRMED BY THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES THAT THEY HAD NOT
PREVIOUSLY BEEN RESETTLED IN CHINA. YOUDE
BOAT PEOPLE
LIMITED
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
SEAD
SAMD
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE
BOAT PEOPLE
UND
FED
PS/PUS
MR WRIGHT
PUSD
MR GIFFARD
NEWS D MAEND
PS
MR DONALD
MR ADAMS
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