TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 24

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SAVING TELEGRAM

From The Governor Hong Kong

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To The Foreign & Commonwealth Office 26 AUG 1980 Telegram Number 240 Saving of 12AS1P 1 =1980 Repeated for information Saving to Hong Kong Government Office, London, Moduk (DS11), Ukmis Geneva, Hanoi, Washington, Ukmis New York, Peking, Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Bangkok

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My Saving Telegram No. 231 : Vietnamese Refugees.

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1.

Refugees in Hong Kong at 0900hrs 12 August 1980:-

(Previous week's figures in brackets)

A. In UNHCR Camps

B. Government accommodation and

quarantine anchorage

C. Under detention

D. Total

30,824 (30,195)

2,229

( 2,261)

5,819

( 5,817)

38,872

(38,273)

2.

3.

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The numbers under detention represents the number of Vietnamese Refugees who have been settled in China. before coming to Hong Kong illegally.

9,030 Refugees have arrived since 1 January 1980. The increase of 887 since 5 August is due to the arrival of twenty-three small boats and the "Sea Lionet" and "Nedlloyd Hong Kong" which rescued 9 and 44 refugees respectively.

UNHCR has resettled 23,637 refugees since 1 January of which 332 in the past week.

MACLEHOSE LIMITE SEAD HKq & D UND

OID NEWS! SIR.E. YOUDE

YOUDE

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