CONFIDENTIAL
From.....
Dire r of Immigration
MEMO
To
Distribution Below
о
Ref(69) in ICC/CON/3/6
Tel. No.
6718156
09 July 1991
Date
Your Ref..
in.
dated
Illegal Immigrants from China Repatriation from Hong Kong
Further to my memo in this series dated 07-06-91 the figure as at 30-06-91 are as follows :-
Between 30-11-74 and 31-12-89
1990 Yearly Total
1991
Jan-May
Jun
1991 Yearly Total
No. of illegal
referred for
272881
9897
6085
1438
7523 *
repatriated
No. repatriated
280982
9888
5994
1468
7462 *
No. released
569
40
11
3
14
Abscond
4
Deceased
8
Awaiting repatriation as at 30-06-91
1
186
* Excluding 'shoppers'
'surrendered for repatriation (SUL)'
excess crew members'
'evaders (VIC)'
'smugglers'
'other means'
777
6100
58
4
(who were also repatriated)
2.
A breakdown on the arrested illegal immigrants from China between
December 1974 and June 1991 is at Appendix A.
3.
At Appendix B are tables showing figures of legal and illegal entrants from China from 1972 to 30-06-91 together with an estimate of total new entrants from 1975 to date.
WONG Po-kee
for Director of Immigration
Distribution
JSIS HK HQBF
CP (Attn: DVC Border)
CAPIC HK
HQBF HK (Attn: J3 OPS) D
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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