UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE LONDON TELEG NUMBER SAVINGS 348 OF 21st SEPTEMBER 1983 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, AND WASHINGTON
LONDON
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM 338 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 20 SEPTEMBER 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
66
+KK 243/4.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 4 OCT 1983
A.
IN UNHCR CENTRES
7 555 (7 570)
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
(81)
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
C.
UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
273
(272)
D.
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
6 023 (5 951)
E. TOTAL
13 917 (13 874)
I REGISTRY
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, THE
INCREASE OF 191 SINCE 13 SEPTEMBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL
OF 6 SMALL BOATS.
3.
UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 2 872 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY
OF WHICH 165 IN THE PAST WEEK.
HADDON-CAVE
MINIMAL
HKD SEAD
MUD.
UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG