UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED BY BAC
SAVING TELEGRAM.
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 410 OF 15TH NOVEMBER, 1983
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON WASHINGTON
see (46
45
IN UNHCR CENTRES
MY SAVING TELEGRAM 405 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
(38
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 15 NOVEMBER
1983 (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A.
Ms Wether or.
HKK 243/4
RECEIVED IN HE
23 DECIRAS
OLEK CZMICER
REC
7,207
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
107
( 7,214) INDEX
131
PA
Acting Taken
C. UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
300
(300)
D.
UNDER DETENTION
(NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
5,928
(5,949)
E. TOTAL
13,542 (13,595)
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. 3,664 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY,
THERE HAVE BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 19 OCTOBER.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3,501 REFUGEES SINCE
1 JANUARY OF WHICH 67 IN THE PAST WEEK.
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