TNAG-0970-FCO40-1189-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 84

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 133 OF 23 JANUARY

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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON MODUK (DS-11) UKMIS GENEVA HANOI WASHINGTON UKMIS NEW YORK PEKING ROUTINE MANILA

JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE BANGKOK.

MYTELNO 90: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG ON 22 JANUARY

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES

IN BRACKETS):

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

38,118 (38,460)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGES

14,246 (16,223)

C. TOTAL

52,364 (54,683)

2. 72 (10) REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVE SINCE 1 JANUARY. THE INCREASE OF

62 SINCE 15 JANUARY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE SMALL BOAT.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 1,521 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF WHICH 685 IN THE PAST WEEK.

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4. DURING THE PAST WEEK 1,725 BOAT REFUGEES WERE RETURNED TO CHINA. THEY HAD ARRIVED IN 1979 CLAIMING TO HAVE COME DIRECT FROM VIETNAM BUT SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS REVEALED THAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY SETTLED IN CHINA AND LATER LEFT ILLEGALLY FOR HONG KONG. THE FIGURES IN PARA 1 ABOVE TAKE ACCOUNT OF THIS.

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