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WHY ARE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ADMITTED WHILST CHINESE ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS ARE REPATRIATED
9.
Refugees from Vietnam are permitted to land temporarily
in Hong Kong, on humanitarian grounds, under guarantees from
the United Nations High Commission for Refugees of
accommodation and eventual resettlement overseas.
HOW MANY LEGAL IMMIGRANTS HAVE ARRIVED IN HONG KONG FROM CHINA
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS
10. The figures are as follows:
1973
20,355
1974
55,659
1975
32,918
1976
25,641
1977
26,449
1978
23,378
(January-June)
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