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Legal/Illegal Immigration from China

Annex À

Legals

Illegals

x

Total*

Daily average

Arrested

Daily average

Repatriated

1972

20,355

55.6

5,686

15.5

1973

55,659

152.5

6,057

16.6

三

1974

32.918

90.2

7,130

19.5

1975

25,641

70.2

1,150

3.2

3.1

9

1976

20,453

55.9

828

2.3

2.2

223 (since Nov.) 1,133

840

1977

25,373

69.5

1,815

5.0

4.9

1,779

1978

Jan

2,790

90.0

178

5.7

6.0

185

Feb

2,643

94.4

190

2.1

6.9

194

Mar

3,473

112.0

165

5.3 5.2

160

Apr

4,323

144.1

308

10.3 10.3

309

May

4,262

137.5

295

9.5

9.2

294

June

5,384

179.5

433

14.4

14.5

435

July

5,670

182.9

505

16.3

15.9

495

Aug

5,617

181.2

594

19.? 18.5

554

Sept

6,650

221.7

987

32.9 32.9

1,010

Oct

7.959

256.7

1.481

>

47.7 47.1

7,474

"

Nov

9.106

303.5

1,917

63.9 162.9

1.950

>

Dec

9,618

310.3

1,143

36.9 36.4

1.128

}

Total

67,495

184.9

8,205

22.5 22.3

8,123

1979

Jan

8,106

261.5

1,934

62.4 6.8

1.886

Feb 14 Mar

7,572

270.4

2,714

96.9 91.7

2,567

3246

220

132.3

1,245

Total

6500

Faqe 278

*figures for 1972-1976 include CPG passport holders with

onward visas