TNAG-0890-FCO40-1100-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 212

4. THE FIGURES IN PARA 3 ABOVE ARE APPROXIMATE SINCE FULL STATISTICS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR OVERSTAYERS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (APART FROM BOAT REFUGEES) FROM MAY 1975 TO DATE. THE ROUGH BREAKDOWN IS:-

BOAT REFUGEES: 252

HKG CHARTER FLIGHTS: 4,522

COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS: 450

OVERSTAYERS/ILLEGALS FROM VIETNAM: 5,700 OVERSTAYERS/ILLEGALS FROM CAMBODIA: 2,100 OVERSTAYERS/ILLEGALS FROM LAOS: 1,200

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