TNAG-1183-FCO40-1485-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-the--1982 — Page 2

The quarterly figures for the period July 1981 to

June 1982 are shown in the following table.

Table B

3rd Qtr

1981

4th Qtr

1981

1st: Qtr 1982.

2nd Qtr

1982

Robbery

Pickpocketing

Burglary

56

24

50%

(15.6%)

( 7.3%)

(16.1%)

-42 · (11.9%)

41 (32.3%)

57 (24.2%)

73

40

(26.7%)

·.40 (20.3%)

31

24

19

15

(14.6%)

(.7.5%)

(7.5%). :( 7.0%)

Misc. Theft

92

99:

99.

46

(6.3%)( 5.8%)

(·5%8%)%( 3.2%).

Serious Assault

55 (5.4%)

45 ( 4.9%)

37 (4.6%)

45 (4.7%)

Fighting in a

Public Place

Preventive.

Crime

18 ( 3.3%)

· 27 (4.3%)

33- ( 6.0%)

27 (3.7%)

1121

(12.3%)

1411 (15.2%)

1441 (15.0%)

96

·(10.4%):

Abstracting

Electricity

10 ( 9.2%)

27 (30.0%)

21 (18.3%)

12 (15.0%)

Other

Offences

204 (9.1%)

239 (10.3%)

266

(12.5%)

234 (9.8%)

All Offences

619

( 8.9%)

683 ( 9.2%)

742 (10.5%)

557 (7.5%):

(Figures in brackets show Illegal, Recent Arrivals as percentage · of all persons prosecuted.)

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It is apparent from Tables A and B that the involve- ment of Illegal Recent Arrivals in crime is disproportionately high, particularly for pickpocketing, abstracting electricity, robbery, preventive crime and burglary offences.

Number of Illegal Evaders Prosecuted

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The involvement of Illegal Evaders in crime is also disproportionately high as illustrated by Table A and Table C

below.

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