TNAG-0898-FCO40-1108-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 159

GR

en 190

UNCLASSIFIED.

FM HONG KONG 1628517 OCT 79

HKK 243

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO/51 17 OCT 1979,

REGISTRY

PA

Acrich Taran

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.1443 OF 16 OCTOBER,

INFO PRIORITY: UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING,

HANO!, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,

ROUTINE : MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK,

THE HAGUE.

1.

76

MY TELMO.1435 (NOT TO THE HAGUE): VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 2900 ON 16 OCTOBER (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS) :

2.

A

UNDER UNHCR CARE

38,249 (36,814)

B.

#

GOVERNMENT CAMPS AND QUARANTINE

ANCHORAGE,

26,471 (28,397)

64,711 (65,211).

THE

C. TOTAL

72,853 (72,803) REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. INCREASE OF 52 (293) SINCE 9 OCTOBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 1 (3) SMALL BOAT.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 13,831 (13,270) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 79 AND SINCE 9 OCTOBER 79 THE FIGURE IS 561 (336). 897 REFUGEES HAVE

BEEN RESETTLED SINCE 1 OCTOBER,

A DUTCH SHIP,