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FM HONG KONG 050658Z NOV 82
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1461 OF 5 NOVEMBER
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 896: PQ1 ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING RE-DRAFT:
'IN THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THIS YEAR 80,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE ARRESTED ON ENTRY AND RETURNED TO CHINA, AN ESTIMATED 70,000 EVADED ARREST AND STAYED IN HONG KONG. SINCE 23 OCTOBER IDENTITY
CARDS WILL NOT BE ISSUED TO NEWLY ARRIVED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND IT IS NOW ILLEGAL TO EMPLOY SUCH PEOPLE. FROM AUGUST TO LATE OCTOBER
AN AVERAGE OF OVER 400 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE BEING ARRESTED AND REPATRIATED EACH DAY. SINCE 29 OCTOBER THIS HAS DROPPED TO 62 PER DAY. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY QUESTION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BEING LANDED IN HONG KONG FOR SETTLEMENT IN THE UK. A COPY OF A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT INFORMATION PAPER GIVING THE BACKGROUND
TO THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE LIBRARY OF THE HOUSE'
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HONG KONG GOur Office LONDON
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