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appendix A

Illegal Immigration from China

for the period between December 1974 and May

Monthly Arrest (upon entry)

1982

Date of

Entry

China

Via Macao

Total

Land Crossers

Bay Croszers

Sea Crossers

Sub--

Total

Other * Means

Dec 74 Dec 75

337

347

701

1385

Jan 76 Dec 76

-

257

145

426

828

Jan 77

Dec 77

602

1073

140

1815

Jan 78

Dec 78

4598

2266

1341

9205

Jan 79

Dec 79

36844

15357

37739

89940

2117

92057

Jan 80

-

Dec 60

32480

18031

31614

82125

824

82949

Jan 81 Dec 81

3831

1015

2661

7507

24

3

7534

1982 Jan

138

49

97

284

Feb

188

57

50

295

Mar

596

95

179

870

Apr

446

28

67

541

May

438

120

379

937 **

"

1

284

295

870

541

937

TOT L

SC755

33583

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

185467

75394

194732

24

2944

** Excluding "shoppers"

112

"surrendered for repatriation (SUL)" "smugglers"

68

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