NCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
SAVING TELEGRAM.
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 424 OF 29TH NOVEMBER, 1983 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT – OFFICE, LONDON AND WASHINGTON
Ms. wother
MY SAVING TELEGRAM 420 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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(46)
see (48)
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1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 29 NOVEMBER 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CENTRES
7 215 (7 250)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
42
(36)
C.
UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
300
(300)
D.
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
5.906
(5 941)
13 463 (13 527)
E. TOTAL
HKCK 243/4
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 23 DEC 1983
3 RY
tion 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. 3 693 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THERE
HAVE BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 20.11.1983.
3.
UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3 625 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY
OF WHICH 71 IN THE PAST WEEK.
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