UN ASSIFIND
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
SAVING TELEGRAM
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH CIFICE
TELEGRAM NULBER SAVING231 OF 21st JUNE 1983
14
Statistics
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RET EATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
WASHINGTON
MY SAVING TELEGRAM 223 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 21 JUNE 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
IN UNHCR CENTRES
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pa
HKK 243 $
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
-
- 7 JUL 1983
DESK OFFICER
8,056 (8,052)
A.
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
C.
UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
62
260 (260)
(98)
INDEX
D.
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
4,822 (4,634)
13,200 (13,044)
E. TOTAL
PA
REGISTRY Action faken.
AM
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.
1,924 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE
OF 193 SINCE 14 JUNE IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 7 SHALL BOATS.
UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 1,784 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARI OF
3.
WHICH 49 IN THE PAST WEEK.
8056
7796
YOUDE
BOAT PEOPLE
for wk. 2
Lee (17)
wk. 28/6
LIMITED
SEAD
HKD
UND
FED
PUSD NEWS D MAED PS
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE
BOAT PEOPLE
PS/PUS MR WRIGHT MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR ADAMS
MR URE
13700
3860
12940