TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 50

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GRS 100

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 220900Z APRIL 80

TO ROUTINE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 547 OF 22 APRIL

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INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MODUK (DS11) UKMIS GENEVA

HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR

SINGAPORE BANGKOK

MY TELNO 519: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 22 APRIL 1980:-

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNH

CR CAMPS

B. GOVERMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. TOTAL

37,545 (37,902)

4,511 (5,148)

42,056 (43,050)

2. 882 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE OF

99 SINCE 15 APRIL IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THREE SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 12,000 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH

1,109 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

IPD NEWS D

PS/LPS

PS/FX BLAKER PS/PUS

SEAD

HK v GD

PS

UND

FED

ECD

PUSD

OID

MR MULLAY

MAGD

MR STRATTON

SIR.D.MAITLAND

THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED

ADDITIONAL DIST:

BOAT PEOPLE

LOND N.G.LENNOX

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