TNAG-0893-FCO40-1103-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 6

Mr McLaren

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

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1. I thought it would be useful for you to have a comparison of the position on Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong on 10 July in comparison with 19 June:

19 June 10 July

Difference

Under UNHCR care:

14,221

14,995

774

Awaiting acceptance

by UNHCR:

38,017

45,958

+ 7,941

Arrived since

1 January:

53,215

63,047

9,832

Resettled by UNHCR:

3,875 5,034

+ 1,159 including 581

ex-Sibonga

2. Clearly there has been little improvement in UNHCR's performance; last week they only took 9 net additional refugees under their care.

10 July 1979

P J Williamson

Hong Kong and General Department