TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 48

HKL 243/(

AECEIVED IN TO

30 APR 1990

No 51

DESK OFFICER INDEX

PA

GPS 130

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 290340Z APR 80

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 574 OF 29 APRIL

See

Bit

INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON MOD UK (DS11) UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.

MYTELNO 519: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 2900 29 APRIL 1980:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. TOTAL

36,477 (37,545)

4,609 41,086

(4,511)

(42,056)

FILES SEAD

2. 956 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1980. THE INCREASE OF 74 SINCE 22ND APRIL IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THREE SMALL BOATS. 3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 13,041 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 1,041 IN THE PAST WEEK

MACLEHOSE

HK & GD

UND

FED

ECD

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D MAED

PS PS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER

PS/PUS=

SIR D MAITLAND

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

BOAT PEOPLE

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

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