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Legal/Illegal Immigrants from China
(All total are in round figures)
Legals
Illegals
Estimated Total
Date of
Entry
Total (*)
(1)
Daily Average
Arrested
(2)
Daily Average
Estimated No. of
Evaders (***)
(3)
New Entrants
(1) + (3)
1972
20000
60
5700
16
1973
56000
150
6100
17
1974
33000
90
7100
20
1975
26000
70
1200
3
6660
32660
1976
20000
60
830
2
6100
26100
1977
25000
70
1820
5
6600
1978
67190
190
8210
23
28100
31600 95290
1979
70500
193
89940
246
107700
178200
1980
55500
152
82130
225
63980
119480
1981
54240
149
5720
-21
3110
57350
1982
53870
148
8680
23
2710
56580
1983
26670
73
4670
13
-170
26500
1984
27700
76
9660
26
2700
30400
1985
27190
75
12590
34
4147
31337
1986
27060
74
16832
46
6391
33451
1987
27173
74
21847
60
9128
36301
1988
28047
77
13272
36
-4031
24016
1989
27219
75
5012
14
-574
26645
1990
27976
77
9951
27
+206
27910
1991
Jan
2283
Feb
2044
Mar
2045
Apr
1986
66
May
2085
Jun
2286
76
Jul
2458
Aug
2492
Sep
2074
Oct
2296
74
Fog LAWN:
74
986
32
-3
2280
692
25
-22
2022
7435
1473
1559
1442
79
1592
80
1839
69
2084
2355
YOU EXE
46
91
2136
109
2095
108
2193
48
2334
61
2519
-35
2457
+89
2163
+110
2406
Nov
2093
70
1841
-80
2013
* Figures for 1972-1976 include PRC passport holders with onward visas.
Figures from 1977 exclude PRC passport holder with onward visas. Figures from 23 December 1982 exclude double journey permit holders.
** A new formula to estimate the no. of underground evaders agreed upon by the Census & Statistics Department,
Secretary for Security, Police and Immigration Department has been taken effect from December 1986.
GF 323
Appendix B
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