TNAG-1278-FCO40-1629-Statistics-on-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 101

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4.

A TOTAL OF 730 ARRIVED IN JUNE, THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF

ARRIVALS SINCE LAST AUGUST. THE UK-REGISTERED 'LIVERPOOL BAY'

BROUGHT 41 REFUGEES TO HONG KONG ON 25 JUNE.

5.

374 LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT IN JUNE, OF WHOM 194

WENT TO USA AND 153 TO AUSTRALIA; THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE VOLUNTARY

RETURN OF AN UNACCOMPANIED MINOR TO VIETNAM ON 23 JUNE.

6.

2097 HAVE ARRIVED SO FAR THIS YEAR AGAINST 2093 DEPARTURES,

AND WE NOW HAVE A LARGER POPULATION THAN ON 1 JANUARY 1983. 50% OF

THE ARRIVALS HAVE COME FROM NORTH VIETNAM.

7.

SINCE THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY WAS INTRODUCED EXACTLY ONE

YEAR AGO, 5667 HAVE ARRIVED HERE, INCLUDING 462 SHIP-RESCUE CASES.

OF THESE ARRIVALS, ONLY 820 HAVE LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT, OF

WHOM 229 HAVE BEEN SHIP-RESCUE CASES. THE TOTAL REFUGEE POPULATION

IN CLOSED CENTRES IS NOW 4948.

8.

9 EX-CHINA CASES, ALL 1983 ARRIVALS, HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED

IN JUNE, AND THIS HAS INCREASED THE EX-CHINA CASELOAD TO 265. WE

CONTINUE TO PRESS NCNA FOR THEIR EARLY RETURN TO CHINA.

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