TNAG-0983-FCO40-1202-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 144

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CONFIDENTIAL

From: Director of Immigration Ref: (8) in IMM CR 4/191III

Tel. No.: 5-458031 Ext 18

Date: 19 June 1980

MEMO

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To: Secretary for Security

NO. 51

Your Ref: CR 12/2091/79,

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dated:

INDEX

PA

Illegal Immigrants from China Repatriation

from Hong Kong

-

REGISTRY estión Taken

AW 247

Further to my memo in this series dated 22 May 1980 the figures

as at 31 May 1980 are:

No. of illegals referred

for repatriation

No. repatriated

No. released

Absconded

Between 30-11-74 and 31-12-78

Jan. May

1979

1980

12,233

89,940

26,854

12,068

89,555

27,085

116

51

12

2

2

2

5 I

Deceased

Awaiting decision

2.

The figure of illegal immigrants from China claiming to have evaded the patrols since repatriation started on 30 November 1974 is now 152,537. Various evasion ratios covering different periods since. the start of repatriations appear at Appendix A. The Census & Statistics Department estimate of the evasion ratio (including Macao elements) for May 1980 is 1 0.9 compared with 1 : 1.0 (revised) for April 1980.

3.

At Appendix B are tables showing figures of legal and illegal entrants from China from 1972 to date together with an estimate from the Census & Statistics Department of total new entrants from 1975 to date.

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