TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 103

GRS 175

UNCLASSIFIED

FMNG KONG 150720Z JAN BØ

TO PRIORITY F CO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 90 OF 15 JANUARY

HKK243/1

АКК 24311

RECEIVED IN MOG SWY NO. 51 2 1 JAN 1980

DEST OFFICE

REGISTRY

DA

See

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MODUK S11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING. 2411 INFO ROUTINE MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK.

3)

MY TELNO 49: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 15 JANUARY: (PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS):

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE AMCHORAGES

C. TOTAL

}

38,460

(39,149)

16,223 (16,314)

54,683

(55,463)

2. 10 HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY (NONE IN THE PAST WEEK).

·

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 836 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH

559 IN THE PAST WEEK.

4. DURING THE PAST WEEK 246 REFUGEES WERE RETURNED TO CHINA.

THEY HAD ARRIVED IN 1979 CLAIMING TO HAVE COME DIRECT FROM VIETNAM

BUT SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY

SETTLED IN CHINA AND LATER LEFT ILLEGALLY FOR HONG KONG. THE

FIGURES IN PARA 1 ABOVE TAKE ACCOUNT OF THIS.

CATER

FILES

PS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER

SEAD

NEWS D

HK & GD

PS

UND

FED

EID

PUSD

OID

IPD

PS/PUS

SIR D MAITLAND

MR MURRAY

LORD NG LENNOX

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

BOAT PEOPLE