WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1993
26 EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE REPATRIATED
A TOTAL OF 26 EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVII'S) WERE REPATRIATED TO CHINA TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE GROUP COMPRISED NINE MEN, FIVE WOMEN AND 12 MINORS UNDER 16 YEARS OF AGE.
ΤΟ CHINA UNDER
THIS WAS THE SECOND BATCH OF ECVII'S RETURNED AN AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINESE OFFICIALS AT A MEETING IN GUANGZHOU ON AUGUST 23.
THE THIRD BATCH WILL BE REPATRIATED ON SEPTEMBER 24 (FRIDAY).
269 VMS RETURN TODAY
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A GROUP OF 269 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY
(WEDNESDAY} RETURNED
TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 94 MEN, 67 WOMEN, 53 BOYS AND 55 GIRLS, THEY WERE THE 164TH BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 5,932 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND ΤΟ 32,244 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
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