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SAVING TELEGRAM

UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 185 SAVING OF 2ND JUNE 1981

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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 179 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1.

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS. 2 JUNE 1981:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

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A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

12,976 (13,951)

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

2,708 ( 2,104)

15684

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. UNDER DETENTION

D. TOTAL

3,303 (3,198)

18,987 (19,253)

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO HONG

KONG ILLEGALLY.

2. 4,544 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH 898

RESCUED AT SEA BY SHIPS. THE INCREASE OF 475 SINCE 26 MAY

IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 15 SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 9,939 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981

OF WHICH 748 IN THE PAST WEEK.

BOAT PEOPLE LIMITED

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