CONFIDENTIAL
From..
Ref.(71)
Director of Immigration
..in..
ICC/CON/3/6
Tel. No.
6718156
12 September 1991
Date.
MEMO
To
Distribution Below
HKB
нив 341/2.
pa
38
Your Ref.
in.
dated
Illegal Immigrants from China Repatriation from Hong Kong
Further to my memo in this series dated 14-08-91 the figure as at 31-08-91 are as follows:-
Between 30-11-74
and 31-12-89
1990 Yearly Total
1991
1991 Jan-Jul Aug Yearly Total
No. of illegal
referred for
272881
9897
9115
1839
10954
repatriated
No. repatriated
280982
9888
9015
1836
10851
No. released
569
40
16
2
18
Abscond
Deceased
8
Awaiting repatriation as at 31-08-91
161
О
* Excluding 'shoppers'
'surrendered for repatriation (SUL)'1016
excess crew members'
'evaders (VIC)'
'smugglers'
'other means'
8012
116 5
2.
(who were also repatriated)
A breakdown on the arrested illegal immigrants from China between
December 1974 and August 1991 is at Appendix A.
3.
At Appendix B are tables showing figures of legal and illegal entrants from China from 1972 to 31-08-91 together with an estimate of total new entrants from 1975 to date.
Distribution
JSIS HK HQBF
CP (Attn: DVC Border) CAPIC HK
HQBF HK (Attn: J3 OPS)
D
WONG Po-kee
for Director of Immigration
Directly
HQ48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade (Attn: COS) FCO (Commissioner Hong Kong Government Office) Regional Command Control/NT (Attn: SSO/OPS/NT) CIO (OR) CIO (MKT)
G.F. 73 C
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