TNAG-1089-FCO40-1339-Illegal-immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 21

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Mr. Willacion

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22 DEC 1981

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON TELEGRAM NUMBER 2265 & 18 DECEMBER

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OUR TELNO 1094 OF 8 DECEMBER TO FCO REPEATED TO YOU FOR INFORMATION

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHERS

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THE POSITION TO DATE IS THAT WE HAVE 22 (UNDERLINED) CASES, 3 NEW CASES HAVING SURFACED IN THE PAST WEEK. 9 (UNDERLINED) HAVE BEEN REMOVED TO CHINA (2 OF THEM BEFORE CONFINEMENT

AND THE OTHER 7 HAD THEIR BABIES, BUT LEFT THEIR CHILD IN THE CARE OF THEIR HUSBAND OR HIS FAMILY). THE REMAINING 13 HAVE

BEEN SERVED WITH REMOVAL ORDERS. ONE (UNDERLINED) MOTHER HAS NOT APPEALED (AND WILL BE REMOVED LEAVING HER CHILD VOLUNTARILY IN HONG KONG). THE OTHER 12 HAVE APPEALED UNDER THE NORMAL PROCEDURE. FIVE (UNDERLINED) WILL BE REMOVED WITHIN THE NEXT

DAY OR TWO NOW THAT THEIR APPEALS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED. (THEY HAVE ALL GIVEN BIRHT TO NORMAL BABIES AND BEEN CERTIFIED MEDICALLY FIT TO TRAVEL. THEY HAVE ALSO CHOSEN NOT TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEM). TWO (UNDERLINED) HAVE NOT YET HAD THEIR BABIES BUT THEIR APPEALS HAVE BEEN DISMISSED. UNLESS

THERE ARE ANY EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THEY WILL BE REMOVED

AFTER THEY HAVE GIVEN BIRTH AND WHEN THEY ARE FIT TO TRAVEL. THE APPEALS FOR THE REMAINING 5 (UNDERLINED) CASES (INCLUDING ONE WHO HAS NOT HAD HERE BABY) ARE BEING PROCESSED.

2. LOCAL OPINION CONTINUES IN SUPPORT OF THE POLICY. WE HAVE GIVEN PUBLICITY TO THE REPATRIATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE MESSAGE GETS BACK TO CHINA AND DETERS PERSONS

FROM LEAVING THEIR COMMUNES.

MACLEHOSE

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