TNAG-0899-FCO40-1109-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 268

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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.1522 OF 30 OCTOBER,

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INFO PRIORITY: MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON

UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON ROUTINE : MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.

1.

MY TELNO.1477: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

8030

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 ON 30 OCTOBER: (PREVIOUS WEEK'S

FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

40,828 (39,884)

B.

GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

22,204 (24,223)

C.

TOTAL

223) 63,032 (64,107).

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72,973 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF 12 SINCE 23 OCTOBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE SMALL BOAT.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 15,673 (14,561 REVISED) REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 1,112 (729) IN THE PAST WEEK.

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