TNAG-0884-FCO40-1094-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 95

GQ 115

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 011030Z MAY 79

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HKK 243/1

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J2.5

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.510 OF 1 MAY,

INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, PEKING, H.K GOVERNMENT

OFFICE LONDON.

MY TELNO.487 : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 1 MAY 1979:-

2.

5,931.

A. UNDER UNHCR CARE

Во

AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR

14,231.

ON 50ARD THE SKY LUCK'

2,661.

22,823.

C.

D. TOTAL

12,734 SMALL BOAT REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1ST JANUARY 79, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 2,646 SINCE 24TH APRIL 1979 DUE TO THE

ARRIVAL OF 45 SMALL BOATS.

3. GRATEFUL IF THE FIGURES OF NEW ARRIVALS COULD BE REPORTED TO UNHCR, GENEVA ON A WEEKLY BASIS FROM NOW.ON IN ORDER TO IMPRESS THE GROWING SIZE OF THE PROBLEM.

L. UNHCR HAS SENT 2,895 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE

1 JANUARY 79.

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NEWS D MVD

PS/MR LUARD

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SIR A PARSONS

MR CORTAZZI

MR LEAHY

MR MURRAY

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