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TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 33 OF 21 JULY 88
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND HANOI
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES/VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (VIIS)/ EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS)
OUR SAVING TELEGRAM 32 REFERS.
WEEKLY SITUATION AS AT 0900 HOURS ON 19 JULY 1988.
ARRIVALS
1.
SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING POLICY ON
16 JUNE 1988, 4,798 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED IN
157 BOATS. AMONG THEM, 817 ARRIVED IN 30 BOATS IN THE PAST
WEEK.
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TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS AMONG THESE
NEW ARRIVALS, THERE ARE AT PRESENT 4,800 BOAT PEOPLE AWAITING
DETERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS.
2.
PLEASE NOTE AMENDMENT OF OUR TELNO. 31 AND 32 AS FOLLOWS-
PARAGRAPH ONE UNDER WEEKLY SITUATION AS AT 0900 HOURS
5 JULY 1988 SHOULD READ 'SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE
THE SCREENING POLICY ON 16 JUNE 1988, 2,502 VIETNAMESE
BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED IN 82 BOATS. AMONG THEM,
1,544 ARRIVED IN 46 BOATS IN THE PAST WEEK.
FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH ONE UNDER WEEKLY SITUATION
AS AT 0900 HOURS ON 12 JULY 1988 SHOULD READ 'SINCE
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING POLICY ON 16 JUNE
1988, 3,981 VILTNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED IN
127 BOATS.'
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