TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 32

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From The Governor Hong Kong

To The Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Telegram Number 205 Saving of 8 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

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My Saving Telegram Number 197: Vietnamese Refugees.

1.

Refugees in Hong Kong at 0900 Hrs. 8 July 1980:-

(Previous Weeks Figures in Brackets)

A. In UNHCR Camps

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30,938 (31,237)

B.

Government Accommodation and Quarantine Anchorage

7,474 ( 7,567)

C.

Total

38,412 (38,804)

21.

5,788 Refugees have arrived since 1 January 1980.

The increase

of 618 since 2 July is due to the arrival of seventeen small boats.

3.

UNHCR has resettled 20,735 refugees since 1 January of which 1,045 in the past 6 days.

MACLEHOSE

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SIR E YOUDE

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

1 8 JUL 1980

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