TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 79

GRS 250

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HO KONG 120959Z FEBRUARY 80

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 230 OF 12 FEBRUARY

HKCK 24311

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51. 13 FEB 1980

DESK

ACER

REGISTRY

Ра

AW GIZ

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MODioneer 1) UKMIS GENEVA HANOI COPENHAGEN WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING INFO ROUTINE MANILA JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK

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MY TELNO 203: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 12 FEBRUARY 1980:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS).

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

42,819

(43,511)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGES 6,809

C. TOTAL

49,629

(6,738) (50,249)

2. 125 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF

26 SINCE 5 FEBRUARY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE 'ANDERS MAERSK''

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3,478 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 665 HAVE BEEN RESETTLED IN THE PAST WEEK.

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4. A DANISH SHIP, ANDERS MAERSK'', ARRIVED HONG KONG AT 2300 LOCAL TIME ON 8 FEBRUARY, HAVING RESCUED 26 REFUGEES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA ON 7 FEBRUARY. THE DANISH CONSULATE GENERAL GAVE A GUARANTEE OF EARLY RESETTLEMENT AND PERMISSION TO LAND WAS

GRANTED.

MACLEHOSE

PS/MR BLAKER

FILES

PS

SEAD

PS/LPS

HK & GD

UND

FED

ECD

PUSD

OID

IPD

NEWS D HARD

PS/PUS

SIR D MAITLAND

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR STRATTON

LORD NG LENNOX

ADDITIONAL DISTN.

BOAT PEOPLE

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