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YOUR TELNO 398: P.Q.S BY WRIGGLESWORTH

(A) THERE ARE 39,695 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AWAITING

RESETTLEMENT. AT A PROJECTED RESETTLEMENT RATE OF 3,000 PER MONTH, AND ASSUMING NO INCREASE IN THE AVERAGE OF 10 NEW ARRIVALS

A DAY SINCE 1ST JANUARY, 1980 IT WILL TAKE UNTIL AUGUST 1981 TO RESETTLE THEM ELSEWHERE.

(B) THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REPATRIATED TO CHINA IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS ARE:-

1979 - DECEMBER

15,202

1980 - JANUARY

4,054

FEBRUARY

<

4,597

MARCH

4,452

APRIL

MAY

5,898

:

THE WEEKLY FIGURES

4,993 (UP TO 19 MAY)

SINCE 1 APRIL ARE:-

OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS REPATRIATED TO CHINA

1 7

APRIL

1,452

8

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14

APRIL

1,287

15 21

APRIL

1,360

22

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28

APRIL

1,279

29 APRIL

5 MAY

2,113

6

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12 MAY

1,810

13

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19 MAY

1,790

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