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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK, JAKARTA,
SINGAPORE, HANOI, WASHINGTON
044672 MDHIAN 3606
YOUR TELNO 966 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: ARRIVALS
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ARRIVAL FIGURES FOR THE PHILIPPINES IN 1988 AND 1989 ARE:
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
IN 10 YEARS)
TOTAL
1988
1989
5
4
8
188
128
311
276
1,259 (HIGHEST FIGURE
417
1,762
ARRIVAL FIGURE FOR 1-6 MAY 1989 IS 215. THE TOTAL FOR MAY 1988 WAS 508.
2.
EMERGENCY MEASURES SUCH AS THOSE IN PARA 2 OF TUR HAVE NOT YET BEEN NECESSARY. UNHCR ARE TRYING TO EASE THE CONGESTION IN THE FIRST ARRIVALS CAMP IN PALAWAN BY SPEEDING UP THE TRANSFER OF THOSE GUARANTEED RESETTLEMENT TO THE BATAAN CAMP. THEY
ARE ALSO DISCUSSING WITH THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT A PROPOSAL TO SET UP ANOTHER FIRST ASYLUM CAMP IN PALAWAN.
MACINNES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
96
DISTRIBUTION
102
.VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN HK
LIMITED
HKD
SEAD
NEWS
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PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR PATTEN ODA
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