TNAG-1089-FCO40-1339-Illegal-immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 130

BY BAG

UNCLASSIFIED

UNCLASSIFIED

SAVING TELEGRAM

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THI REIGN & COM ONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGR NUMBER 247 SAVING OF 5th AUGUST 1981

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PEKING, MODUK (DS 11)

Ник

34111

17 AUG 1981

DISK OFFICER INDEXX

PA

Mas

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REGISTRY

Action Taken

Immigration from China: Six-monthly consolidated iflia wolf

Sitrep from January to June 1981. (This consolidated sitrep supersedes and amends errors recorded in monthly sitreps for the same period.)

Jan

Feb

Mar Apr

May June

1. Legal Arrivals

4,289

3,808 4,625 4,394 4,642

4,465

without visas

for Hong Kong

or onward

destinations

Daily Average

138

136

149

147

150

149

Documents used:

(a) One-way

462

532 2,384 2,413 2,880 2,826

Travel

Permit

(b) Return

3,827 3,276 2,241 1,981

1,762 1,639

Travel Permit

2. Legal Arrivals

1,734 1,301 1,724 1,592 2,074 1,535

with onward

visas

3. Repatriation

of Illegals

(a) Arrested

739

391

926 1,540 1,194

726

on entry

(b) Surfacing

45

25

40

90

77

99

after entry

Total Repatriated

784

416

966

1,630 1,271

825

Daily Average

25

15

31.

54

41

28

CATER

MINIMAL HK4GD FED

UNCLASSIFIED

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