TNAG-1278-FCO40-1629-Statistics-on-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 27

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SAVING TELEGRAM. UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG

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FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING NO. 395 of 1st NOVEMBER 1983

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, WASHINGTON

MY SAVING TELEGRAM 392 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1.

43

REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 1 NOVEMBER 1983

HKK 243/4

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

23 DEC P983

DESK SE, 16:

(FREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A.

IN UNHCR CENTRES

7 233 (7 402)

INDEX

B.

GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

149

(51)

C.

UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)

300

(282)

D.

UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED

CENTRE POLICY)

5 948 (6 002).

E. TOTAL

13 630 (13 737)

THE NUMBERS UNDER DETENTION REPRESENT THE NUMBER OF

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN SETTLED IN CHINA

BEFORE COMING TO HONG KONG ILLEGALLY, AND THOSE DETAINED

SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW CLOSED CENTRE POLICY ON

2.7.82.

3 664 REFUGLES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THERE

HAVE BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 19 OCTOBER.

2.

3.

UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3 385 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY

RES

Action Taken

OF WHICH 121 IN THE PAST WEEK.

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UND

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NEWS D MAED

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PS/PUS

MR WRIGHT MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

MR ADAMS

MR URE

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