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Illegal Immigration from China - Monthly Arrest (Genuine I.I.) for the period between December 1974 and April

1982

appendix A

Date of

China

Via Macao

Total

Entry

Land Crossere

Bay Crossers

Sea Crossers

Sub-

Other:

Total

Means

Dec 74 - Dec 75

337

347

701

1385

Jan 76

Dec 76

257

145

425

828

Jan 77

Dec 77

602

1073

140

1015

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

Jag 81

Dec 81

3831

1015

2661

7507

24

3

7534

1982 Jan

138

49

97

284

284

Fab

188

57

50

295

295

Mar

596

95

179

870

870

Apr

446

28

67

541 **

541

Total

80317

38463

75015

193795

24

2944

184530

** Excluding "shoppers"

135

"surrendered for repatriation (SU)" "smugglers"

36

23

* Forged travel document; No travel document; Stowaways & posing as Vietnamese refugees

Legal/Illegal Immigrants from China

(All totals are in round figures)

Appendix B

Legals

Illegals

Date of

Estimated total

new entrants

Total

Entry (*)

Daily

Arrested

Average

Daily Average

Estimated No. of Evaders (**)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(1) + (3)

1972

20000

60

5700

16

1973

56000

150

6100

17

1974

33000

90

7100

20

1975

26000

70

1200

6600

32600

1976

20000

60

830

6100

26100

1977

25000

70

1820

5

·6600

31600

1978

67190

190

8210

23

28100

95590

1979

70500

193

89940

246

107700

178200

1980 Jan to Sep

40800

149

69510

254

62100

102900

Oct (1st to 23rd)

3400

148

9050

393

(24th to 31st)

1000

125

1960

245

Nov

4500

150

890

30

Dec

5800

187

720

23

1981

54240

149

7520

21

1982 Jan

3980

128

280

9

Feb

3960

141

300

11

Mar

4670

151

870

28

Apr

4380

146

540

18

*Figures for 1972 - 1976 include PRC passport holders with onward visas; Figures for 1977 - 1980 exclude PRC passport holders with onward visas.

** Estimates are calculated on the basis of 90% evaders who surfaced for identity cards and 10% of evaders who would

never surface. Estimates for Jul & Aug 1980 have been adjusted by C & S Dept. on 7-10-80. However, adjustment of Sept 1980 figure and estimated no. of evaders for Oct 1980 onwards are not available from C & S Dept. owing to the effect of new immigration policy.