TNAG-0899-FCO40-1109-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 122

HKK 2431

1851

14

GR 1900

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 130923Z NOV 79

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Jee/1867

TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.1604 OF 13 NOVEMBER,

INFO PRIORITY: MODUK (DS11)

UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK

PEKING

ROUTINE : MANILA

HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON

OSLO,

JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE

BANGKOK.

1.

MY TELNO.1563: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

(1831)

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 ON 13 NOVEMBER:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

A.

IN UNHCR CAMPS

B.

GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C.

TOTAL

41,029 (41,223)

20,767 (21,274)

61,796 (62,496)

2.

73,153 (73, 153 REVISED FIGURE) HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW ARRIVALS SINCE 6 NOVEMBER.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 17,409 (16,555) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY,

OF WHICH 854 (743) IN THE PAST WEEK.

4. A NORWEGIAN SHIP