TNAG-1067-FCO40-1317-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 107

BY BAG

UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED

SAVING TELEGRAM

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THE FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 3 SAVING OF 6 JANUARY 1981

HKK 341/ 243/1

KA LIVED IN REGISTRY NO.

1 5 JAN 1981

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

3:

REGIS Action Tass

Tu

No

Msis. / 16/1

दिन

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODUK (DS11), UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS

ник 243/1 (64) : 1980

MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO: 397: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1.

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900HRS 6 JANUARY 1981:-

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A:

IN UNHCR CAMPS

B:

GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

AND QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C:

UNDER DETENTI ON

D:

TOTAL

20,935

(21,002)

681

(687)

2,408

( 2,408)

24,024

(24,107)

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.

2.

11,173 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY 1980. THE INCREASE OF 22 SINCE 30 DECEMBER 1980 IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF ONE BOAT ON 31 DECEMBER.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 37,468 REFUGEES IN 1980 AND 50 SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981.

MACLEHOSE

BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED

LEGAL ADVISERS

(MR RUSHFORD)

SEAD

HK & GD

UND

PS

FED

ECD

PUSD

INFORMATION D

FS/LPS

PS/MR BLAKER PS/MR RIDLEY

PS/FUS

SIR E YOUDE

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

BOAT PEOPLE

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT AD MANOED

NEWS D

MAED

SIR A ACLAND

MR DONALD

LORD NG LENNOX