UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, LONDON
SAVINGS NUMBER 373 OF 12th OCTOBER 1983
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON AND WASHINGTON
(41)
MY SAVING TELEGRAM 362 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
see $42
(35)
1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 11 OCTOBER 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
IN UNHCR CENTRES
Miss Walker
HKK 243/4.
RECEMED MEGISTRY 25630 193
7 453
(7 492)
A.
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
87
C.
UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
282
(39)
(282)
INDEX
D.
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
5 925
(5 929)
13 747 (13 742)
E.
TOTAL
REGL
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. 3 529 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THERE HAVE
BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 20 SEPTEMBER.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3 085 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF
WHICH 12 IN THE PAST WEEK. YOUDE
MINIMAL
SEAD
HRD
UND
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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