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Vietnamese Refugees

Position as at 0900 hrs, 34/3/29

A.

Total Number in Hong Kong

16,096

1) Landed refugees in UNHCR care:-

5,365

i). Temporarily in Macau

204

ii)

Sham Shui Po Camp

3,872

iii) Boarding Houses

1,289

2) Under detention:-

8,089

i)

Kai Tak Detention Camp

4.757

ii)

Government Dockyard

460

iii) Prisons

2,872

3) Sky Luck:-

2,642

B.

Average Daily rate of arrivals

November, 1978

20.9

December, 1978

3860

January, 1979

174.0

February, 1979

197.7

March (to-date), 1979

89.8

C.

Movement since 1st January, 1979

i)

Arrivals

ii)

Departures

D. 1978 movements

i) . Arrivals

ii)

*

12,105

1,439

6,678

Departures

1,720

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