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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON HOME OFFICE
Mex 12.
HOME OFFICE FOR LIZ HEBDEN
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: PQS BY DAVID ALTON HOME OFFICE TELECON
(HEBDEN/LAM) TO HKG OFFICE, LONDON
NO (NO) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG HAVE LEFT FOR UK
IN OCTOBER OR SO FAR IN NOVEMBER. UNLESS THERE IS A DECISION TO CHANGE THIS, WE DO NOT (NOT) ANTICIPATE THAT ANY WILL LEAVE FOR
UK IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
IN 1983,
2. IN 1981, 1,775 REFUGEES LEFT HONG KONG FOR UK. NONE WERE FROM CLOSED CENTRES, WHICH WERE INTRODUCED IN JULY 1982. IN 1982,
241
REFUGEES LEFT FOR UK OF WHOM TWO WERE FROM CLOSED CENTRES.
THERE WERE 101 REFUGEES OF WHOM 15 WERE FROM CLOSED CENTRES. IN
1984, THERE WERE 88 REFUGEES OF WHOM 38 WERE FROM CLOSED CENTRES. IN 1985, THERE WERE 44 REFUGEES, BUT NONE WERE FROM CLOSED CENTRES. IN 1986, THERE WERE 444 REFUGEES, OF WHOM 181 WERE FROM CLOSED
CENTRES.
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