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4.
2 SHIPS AND 20 BOATS BROUGHT IN A TOTAL OF 577 REFUGEES
THE 2 SHIPS
IN MAY, THE HIGHEST ARRIVAL FIGURE SINCE LAST AUGUST.
WERE THE FRENCH CHEVALIER PAUL' WHICH ARRIVED ON 17.5.83 WITH 20 ON
BOARD (THE SECOND TIME THIS SHIP, AND THE TENTH TIME A SHIP OF THE
CHEVALIER LINE, HAS BROUGHT REFUGEES HERE) AND THE DANISH 'ELISÄBETH
MAERSK' WHICH ARRIVED ON 21.5.83 WITH 53. 197 IN 5 BOATS ARRIVED IN
THE LAST 4 DAYS OF MAY ALONE. THESE FIGURES EXCLUDE THE 14 REFUGEES
WHO ARRIVED HERE ON 20 MAY AND CHOSE TO LEAVE 2 DAYS LATER (OUR TELNO
719 OF 23 MAY).
5.
THE AVERAGE
THE RELATIVELY
459 LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT IN MAY.
MONTHLY OFFTAKE FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS HAS BEEN 370.
HIGHER OFFTAKE IS DUE MAINLY TO THE SWEDES TAKING THE REMAINDER OF
THEIR QUOTA, THE FRENCH TAKING 28 CASES RESCUED BY THE 'CHEVALIER
VALBELLE' AND THE SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE US OFFTAKE AS A RESULT OF
THEIR REVIEW ON THE 'RPC RFFUSAL' AND 'UK NO-SHOW' CASES.
6.
A TOTAL OF 18 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, ALL 1983 ARRIVALS,
THE NUMBER OF EX-CHINA HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS EX-CHINA CASES.
CASES IS NOW 256.
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