IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA TO HONG KONG
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Number Repatriated
Estimated Number who evaded arrest
Illegal Immigrants from China
Legal Immigrants from China
1972:
5,700
20,000
1973:
6,100
56,000
1974:
7,100
33,000
1975:
1,200
6,600
26,000
1976:
800
6,100
20,000
1977:
1,800
6,600
25,000
1978:
8,200
27,600
67,490
1979:
January
1,886
4,700
8,106
February
2,567
6,300
7,570
March
6,445
11,000
7,628
April
8,325
12,300
6,789
May
14,372
18,500
5,662
June
12,292
9,300
5,612
July
658
2,200
4,941
August
1,954
4,800
5,429
September
5,330
7,900
4,999
October
11,350
11,000
4,790
January to
October 1979:
65,260
88,600
60,926
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