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MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1991

NOVEMBER RECORDS LOW VIETNAMESE ARRIVALS

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IN THE PAST MONTH HONG

VIETNAMESE ARRIVALS FOR

KONG RECORDED THE LOWEST FIGURE OF OVER SIX YEARS AND THE HIGHEST RATE OF

REPATRIATION EVER, REFUGEE CO-ORDINATOR, MR CLINTON LEEKS, SAID TODAY.

ARRIVED, VIETMANESE

THE HE NOTED THAT IN NOVEMBER ONLY SEVEN

1985. THIS COMPARES WITH LOWEST MONTHLY ARRIVAL FIGURE SINCE MARCH

300 IN NOVEMBER ALMOST 300 ARRIVALS IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND OVER 1989.

ANNOUNCEMENT

ON

VIETNAM BEEN ONLY 20

SINCE THE

OF THE AGREEMENT WITH OCTOBER 29 ON THE ORDERLY RETURN PROGRAMME, THERE HAVE ARRIVALS SO FAR.

OCTOBER AGREEMENT "THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT THE MESSAGE IN THE

CLEAR: THERE IS NO POINT LEAVING IS NOW GETTING THROUGH LOUD AND VIETNAM TO HEAD FOR HONG KONG," HE SAID.

KONG

THE

RETURNED HOME UNDER IN THE SAME MONTH, 1,414 VIETNAMESE

RUN BY THE UNITED NATIONS OF VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION SCHEME

HIGH

AND

HONG THE

ORDERLY COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

GOVERNMENT'S HIGHEST NUMBER WHO HAVE EVER RETURN PROGRAMME. THIS IS BY FAR THE RETURNED TO VIETNAM IN A SINGLE MONTH.

IS

VIETNAMESE WAITING ΤΟ GO "THE UNHCR NOW HAS MORE THAN 2,600 HOME. THE NUMBER IS INCREASING STEADILY WEEK BY WEEK AND THE UNHCR

THEM HOME TO GET WORKING HARD ARRANGING VIETNAMESE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY IN EARLY FEBRUARY,

AIRCRAFT

WITH THE ORDERLY AND

RETURN VOLUNTARY MORE PEOPLE

HOME,

BEFORE MR LEEKS SAID.

THE

COMPLEMENTING CONTINUED PLAN OF TWO

SCHEMES

THE AND WITH EACH OTHER IN GETTING RESETTLEMENT OF GENUINE REFUGEES OVERSEAS, THE COMPREHENSIVE ACTION IS NOW OPERATING AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED WHEN IT WAS AGREED AND A HALF YEARS AGO, HE ADDED.

RETURNEES, THE

OF

THE STEADY INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTARY

ARRIVALS

THE CONTINUING RESETTLEMENT

GENUINE DROP IN NEW

AND

2,600 IN REFUGEES OVERSEAS HAVE RESULTED IN A NET REDUCTION OF ABOUT

HONG KONG OVER THE LAST TWO THE OVERALL VIETNAMESE POPULATION IN MONTHS.

LOOK

LIFE

OF A CONTINUOUS AND STEADY "WE HOPE THIS SIGNALS THE START

IN HONG KONG, AND DECREASE IN THE VIETNAMESE CAMP POPULATION FORWARD TO SEEING MORE PEOPLE RETURNING HOME TO RESUME A IN VIETNAM IN THE MONTHS AHEAD, MR LEEKS SAID.

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