3-JUL-1993 16:10
Refugees Division SB
+ 852 525 9350
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Press Release
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A government spokesman said today that there had
been a sudden increase in the number of Vietnamese illegal
immigrants arriving from China. Some 250 had arrived so
They were being accommodated on' Grèen
Island and a special section of the Whitehead Detention
Centre.
far this month.
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This group of illegal immigrants have all came
from Bei Hai, in Guangxi Province, the government spokesman
said. They claim that they left Bei Hai, because the local
authorities had demolished their homes.
The
Chinese
government
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spokesman
confirmed that the
authorities had been asked to accept the return of
this group in accordance with established procedures.
The total number of ex-China Vietnamese illegal
immigrants in detention now stands at 370.