TNAG-0983-FCO40-1202-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 154

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From:

Director of Immigration

To: Secretary for Security

Ref:

(4) in IMM CR 4/191III

Tel. No.:

5-458031 Ext 18

Date:

22 May 1980

Your Ref: CR 12/2091/79

dated

Illegal Immigrants from China

Repatriation

from Hong Kong

Further to my memo in this series dated 26 April 1980 the

figures as at 30 April 1980 are:

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

Jan. Apr.

1979

1980

No. of illegals referred

12,233

89,940

18,731

for repatriation

No. repatriated

12,068

89,555

18,925

No. released

Absconded

116

51

9

2

2

Deceased

2

Awaiting decision

5 I

169

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2.

The figure of illegal immigrants from China claiming to have evaded the patrols since repatriation started on 30 November 1974 is now 146,866. 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 April 1980 is 1: 1.1 compared with 1: 1.1 (revised) for March 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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