TNAG-1088-FCO40-1338-Illegal-immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 19

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

The numbers of illegal China immigrants from 1971 to 1980 are

Repatriated

1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

223 1133

1976 1977 1978 1979

816 1774 8252 89993

1980

82837

Allowed to stay

9610 7551 20206 19539 7479 6718 5848 9030

95128

64362

2) The present repatriation process only took effect since November 1974.

3)

Detail breakdown according to age, sex, occupation, education prior to 1976 are not available.

4) Breakdown according to place of origin (province) is not available.

5) The breakdown for 1980 is only available up to 3rd quarter of the year (4th quarter statistics are not yet published).

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