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INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, PEKING, JAKARTA,

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1, REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 15 MAY 79.

3571-17 May.

(A) UNDER UNHCR CARE

7,758.

(B)

AWAITING ACCEPTANCE BY UNHCR

19,127.

(C) ON BOARD 'SKY LUCK'

2,662.

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(D) TOTAL

29,547.

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3001400

2. 27,244 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHOM 18,019

CAME IN SMALL BOATS. IN FIRST FOURTEEN DAYS OF MAY, 6,577 REFUGEES ARRIVED BY SMALL BOATS: EASILY HIGHEST MONTHLY FIGURE SO FAR THIS YEAR (JANUARY 2,077 + 3,318 EX-HUEY FONG, FEBRUARY 2,901 + 2,651 EX-SKY LUCK, MARCH 3,114, APRIL 6,143).

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UNHCR HAS SENT 3,200 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE

1 JANUARY.

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