TNAG-0897-FCO40-1107-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 61

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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE Worlicamusin

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1331 OF 25 SEPTEMBER, 1979

INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK. INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HANOI, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR,

SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK.

MY TELMO 1300: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

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1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 25 SEPTEMBER:

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS:

B. IN GOVERNMENT CAMPS:

36,454

29,577

66,031.

C. TOTAL:

2. 72,447 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THIS REVISED FIGURE EXCLUDES 751 ARRIVALS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN FORMERLY PESETTLED IN CHINA AND WHO HAVE SINCE BEEN REPATRIATED TO CHINA. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPEAT NO ARRIVALS SINCE 18 SEPTEMBER.

3. UNHCR HAS SENT 12,287 REFUGEES TO THIRD COUNTRIES SINCE 1 JANUARY.

MACLEHOSE