TNAG-1067-FCO40-1317-Statistics-on-refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 89

SAVING TELEGRAM

UNCLASSIFIED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

Micic 24311 KUPY NO. 51

1 1 MAR 1931

DECK OG

BELIG PAY

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 71 OF 3 MARCH 1981 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON MODUK(DS11),UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, PERING, SINGAPORE, JAKARTA KUALA LUMPUR, MANILA, BANGKOK, CANBERRA, OTTAWA, BIS NEW YORK || UKMIS NEW YORK, PARIS, LISBON, UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS, COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE, OSLO, STOCKHOLM, BERNE, DUBLIN, VIENNA, BUENOS AIRES, BRASILIA, CARACAS, BONN, WELLINGTON, MADRID, TELAVIV, GEORGETOWN, BELMOPAN, ROME, THE HOLY SEE, SEOUL, TOKYO, HANOI

(4B

My saving telegram number 41: Vietnamese refugees in Hong

Kong Sitrep on 1 March 1981.

1. Total in Hong Kong 20,870 of which:

Awaiting resettlement

:

هدی

See /17

2.

18,431

In detention

:

2,439

February arrivals

-

direct from Vietnam: 176

from China

28

: 1,970

February departures

Resettlement destinations since January 1981 (February

figures in brackets):-

USA (Direct)

: 2,306 (1047)

USA (To Bataan)

2

UK

700 (420)

Canada

640 (422)

Australia

107 (57)

Denmark

30

Hong Kong

FRG

Japan

26 (11)

28 (7)

6

3)

Netherlands

New Zealand

:

2 (

2)

1 (

1)

/3. REGIONAL.

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