TNAG-0905-FCO40-1115-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 95

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IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEES

Immigration from China

(to nearest 100)

31 of 40

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119

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RECEIVED IN RES-TY

IND

1 4 JUN 1979

Legal entrants

Illegals

(without onward

repatriated

visas)

Estimated

illegal entrants

Estimated total new

entrants

1978 September

6,700

1,000

3,300*

10,000

October

8,000

1, 400

4, 200*

12, 200

November

9, 100

2,000

4,700*

13, 800

December

9,600

1,100

4,300*

13,900

1979

January

8, 100

1,900

5, 700+

February

7,800

2, 600

5, 200°

March

7,600

6, 400

12, 9000

April

6,800

8, 400

16,800°

May (to 27th)

5, 100

11, 100

22, 200°

13, 800 13,000 20, 500 23,600 27,300

Estimated new arrivals from China for 1978: 93,800

Estimated total for 1979 (based on projection of first five months):

* projected from ROP record

245,000

+ on an estimated 1:3 evasion ratio

o on an estimated 1:2 evasion ration

Refugees from Vietnam: Numbers awaiting

resettlement (to nearest 500)

1978

September

4,000

October

4,000

November

4,500

December

5,500

1979

January

10, 500

February

March

15,000

17,000

April

23,000

May (as on 28th)

38,000

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