}
Y BAG UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
SAVING TELEGRAM
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 380 of 19th OCTOBER 1983
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE AND WASHINGTON
MY SAVING TELEGRAM 373 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 18 OCTOBER 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
IN UNHCR CENTRES
see (45
Miss Wither
HKK 243/4
(42)
A.
7 395
(7 453) RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
23 DEC 1993
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
150
(87)
C.
UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
282
(282)
DESK OF MICER
INDEX
REGISTRY
PA
Action Teken
5 999
(5 925)
D. UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
E.
TOTAL
13 826 (13 747)
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.
3 631 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE
OF 102 SINCE 11 OCTOBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 2 SMALL BOATS
AND 1 SHIP.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3 130 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF
WHICH 45 IN THE PAST WEEK.
HADDON-CAVE
MINIMAL
SEAD
HKD
UND