TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 75

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FM HONG KONG 260745Z FEBRUARY 80

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 288 OF 26 FEBRUARY

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

MODUK (DS 11) UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK

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PEKING INFO ROUTINE MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK

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MY TELNO 260: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 26 FEBRUARY 19801-

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(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS).

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

41,591

(41,697)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

:

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGES

6,246

C. TOTAL

47,837

(6,364) (48,061)

2. 230 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF 105 SINCE 20 FEBRUARY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 1 BOAT.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 5,393 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 338 HAVE BEEN RESETTLED IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

PS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER PS/PUS

SEAD

PS

HK & GD

UND

FED

ECD

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D MAED

SIR D MAITLAND

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION BOAT PEOPLE

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