UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
SAVING TELEGRAM
BAG
LASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 420 OF 23RD NOVEMBER 1983
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON WASHINGTON
(46)
MY SAVING TELEGRAM 410 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
see (47)
(45)
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1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ÁT ̃0900 HRS 22 NOVEMBER 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
HKK 243/4
RECEIVED IN TEJISTKY 23 DEC 1983
DESK OF ICER
A.
IN UNHCR CENTRES
7 250 (7,207)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
36 (107)
INDEX
C.
UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
300
(300)
D.
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
5 941 (5 928)
E. TOTAL
13 527 (13,542)
REGISTAY
PA
Action Taken
THE NUMBERS UNDER DETENTION REPRESENT THE NUMBER
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 RETUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE
INCREASE OF 29 SINCE 15 NOVEMBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL
OF 1 SMALL BOAT.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3 554 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY
OF WHICH 53 IN THE PAST WEEK.
YOUDE
BOAT FEOFTE
SEAD
UNED
KED
FUSD
NEWS D MAEND
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
MR WRIGHT MR GIFFARD MR DONALD
MR. ADAMS
MR URE
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
BOAT PEOPLE