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Illegal immigration from China Monthly arrest for the

period between December 1974 and March 1981

Appendix A

Claimed date of entry

China

Via Macao

Actual Arrest

Land Crossers

Bay Crossers

Sea Crossers

Sub- Total

3%

Dec 74

Dec 75

337

347

701

1385

Jan 76 Dec 76

257

145

426

828

Jah 77

Dec 77

602

1073

140

1815

-

Jan 78 Dec 78

4598

2266

1341

8205

Jan 79 Dec 79

36844

15357

37739

89940

2117:

92057

Jan 80 Dec 80

32480

18031

31614

82125

824

82949

1981 January

178

190

333

701

3

704

February

264

29%

117

410

410

March

6116

116

254

981

981

TOTAL

76171

37554

72665

186390

2944

177101