UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
NCLASSIFIED
FM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 32 of 13th JULY, 1988
INFORMATION SAVING TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFF LONDON AND HANOI
HICD 24319
11.98€
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES/VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (VIIS)/ EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS)
OUR SAVING TELEGRAM 30 REFERS.
WEEKLY SITUATION AS AT 0900 HOURS ON 12 JULY 1988.
ARRIVALS
1.
SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING POLICY ON
16 JUNE 1988, 2,785 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED IN
127 BOATS. AMONG THEM, 1,479 ARRIVED IN 45 BOATS IN THE PAST
WEEK.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
2.
NO. REMAINING IN HONG KONG
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURE IN BRACKETS)
A. IN UNHCR CENTRE
B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
2,653
(2,652)
1
(2)
C. UNDER DETENTION (IN CLOSED
13,451
(13,492)
CENTRES)
D. TOTAL
16,105
(16,146)
THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES WHO HAVE COME TO HONG KONG SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF
THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY ON 2.7.82 AND BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE SCREENING POLICY ON 16 JUNE 1988. THE ABOVE FIGURES
EXCLUDE SHIP RESCUE AND RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE CASES.
/P.2
...