TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 28

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By Bag

Unclassified

From the Governor Hong Kong

AKK 243

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RECEIVE

SAVING TELEGRAM

6 ALLE 1980

DESK CETIC INDEX

To the Foreign and Commonwealth Office London

Telegram Number 226 Saving of 29th July 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.

·

My Saving Telegram No. 223: Vietnamese Refugees

1. Refugees in Hong Kong at 0900 hrs. 29th July, 1980:-

(Previous week's figures in brackets)

A. In UNHCR camps

!

B. Government accomodation

and quarantine anchorage

C. Under detention

D. Total

30,887

(30,271)

1,447

5,792

38,126

(38,635)

The numbers under detention represents the number of Vietnamese

refugees who have been settled in China before coming to Hong Kong

illegally.

2. 7,626 refugeeshave arrived since 1st January, 1980. The increase

of 190 since 23rd July is due to the arrival of five small boats.

3. UNHCR has resettled 22,912 refugees since 1st January of which 716

in the past six days.

CATER

LIMITED

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

OID

NEWS D

SIR E YOUDE

[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]

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