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TELEGRAM NUMBER 992 OF 13 JULY
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA.
no 89.5
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YOUR TELNO 517 (NOT TO ALL): BRIEFING FOR CONFERENCE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES:
1. THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS GIVE THE MAIN POINTS FROM THE HONG KONG BRIEFS FOR THE CONFERENCE, APART FROM MATERIAL ALREADY COVERED IN MY TELNOS 967 AND 984. UNHCR POINTS (REFTEL PARA 2B) ARE COVERED IN PARAGRAPHS 5 TO 6 BELOW. IN SUM, THERE HAS BEEN RELATED IMPROVEMENT IN PROCESSING AND STAFFING BUT NO ADVANCE ON ACCOMMODATION AND COSTS BEYOND THE INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS AGREED IN JUNE (KUKMIS GENEVA TELNOS 230 AND 231 TO YOU).
2. REGIONAL BOAT REFUGEE STATISTICS JANUARY-JUNE 1979.
see 1407A
ARRIVALS
DEPARTURES % OF
REMAINING AT
ARRIVALS
30 JUNE.
HONG KONG
58,700
5,000
8.5%
59,100
MALAYSIA
50,100
24,900
50.0%
74,800
INDONESIA
42,700
2,000
4.75
42,900
THAILAND
8,800
3,700
42.0%
9,300
PHILLIPINES
5,100
2,180
41.0%
5,100
SINGAPORE
. 650
250
38.0%
400
TOTALS:
166,000
38,000
23.0%
192,000
NOTE: HONG KONG HAD APPROXIMATELY 35% OF BOAT REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN
THE REGION IN THIS PERIOD AND 13% OF DEPARTURES. INCLUDING LAND CASES IN THAILAND THERE WERE ABOUT 360,000 REFUGEES IN
THE REGION AT 30 JUNE,
3. HONG KONG'S SHARE OF MAJOR RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMMES (INCLUDING LAND CASES): ALL FIGURES RELATE TO JANUARY-JUNE 1979.
U.S.A.
FRANCE
CANADA
TOTAL
28,000
4,000
4,300.
FROM H.K.
2,800
PERCENTAGE
19%
30
0.7%
324
7.5%
RESTRICHED
VAUSTRALIA
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