UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 352 OF 27TH SEPTEMBER 1983
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, AND WASHINGTON
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM 348 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 27 SEPTEMBER 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A.
B.
IN UNHCR CENTRES
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
C. UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
HKCK 243/4
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
4 OCT 1983
DESK OFFICER
7 508 (7 555)
80
(66)
INDEX
275
(273)
D.
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
5 958 (6 023)
E.
TOTAL
13 821 (13 917)
REGIST
PA
Action Tab
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 2980 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF
WHICH 108 IN THE PAST WEEK.
YOUDE
MINIMAL
HKD SEAD
UND
UNCLASSIFIED. BY BAG...
COPLES TO
HKGO, LONDON