UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 34 of 27th JULY 1988
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HKD 243/942
988
INFORMATION SAVING TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND HANCI
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES/VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (VIIS)/ EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS)
TOP COPY
OUR SAVING TELEGRAM 33 REFERS.
WEEKLY SITUATION AS AT 0900 HOURS ON 26 JULY 1988.
@ DIST ?
ARRIVALS
1.
SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING POLICY ON
16 JUNE 1988, 6,162 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED IN
=
192 BOATS. AMONG THEM, 1,365 ARRIVED IN 35 BOATS IN THE
PAST WEEK. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS AMONG
THESE NEW ARRIVALS, THERE ARE AT PRESENT 6,164 BOAT PEOPLE
AWAITING DETERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
2.
NO. REMAINING IN HONG KONG
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURE IN BRACKETS)
A.
B.
IN UNHCR CENTRE
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
C. UNDER DETENTION (IN CLOSED
D.
TOTAL
CENTRES)
2,644
(2,644)
1
(9)
13,319
(13,368)
15,964
(16,021)
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