TNAG-1067-FCO40-1317-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 11

BY BAG

UNCLASSIFIED

FM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

SAVING TELEGRAM

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 378 OF 11TH NOVEMBER, 1981

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REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, KODUK UKMİS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, PARIS

MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 360 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 10 NOVEMBER 1981:

(72

HKK 243/1 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

17 NOV 81

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

PA

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

ΝΟ

૪ 12/10

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

9,620 ( 9,515)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

3,685 (3,959)

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. UNDER DETENTION

D. TOTAL

3,207 (3,205)

16,512 (16,679)

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESNETS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG

KONG ILLEGALLY.

2. 11,463 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH

1,730 RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS, THERE ARE NO ARRIVALS SINCE

27 OCTOBER.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 16,988 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF

WHICH 174 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

MINIMAL

HK & GD

SEAD

UND

[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]

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