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HE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

EGRAM NUMBER 397 SAVING OF 24 NOVEXBER 1981

REFRANUD FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO ECHG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, MODIK (1611),UKLIS GENEVA, HANOI, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, MANILA, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, CANBERRA,SINGAPORE, EANGKOK, PARIS

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INDEX

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MY SAVING TELEGRAM NO. 385 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

1, REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 24 NOVEMBER 1981:

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CAMPS

9,624 (9,559)

E. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION AND

3,589 (3,759)

QUARANTINE ANCHORAGE

C. UNDER DETENTION

D. TOTAL

3,212 ( 3,206)

16,425 (16,524)

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA BEFORE COMING TO KONG

KONG ILLEGALLY.

2. 11,561 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, OF WHICH

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

THE PAST SEVEN DAYS.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 17,224 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY 1981 OF

WHICH 125 IN THE PAST WEEK.

MACLEHOSE

MINIMAL

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UND

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