TNAG-1278-FCO40-1629-Statistics-on-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 28

UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG

UNC

SSIFIED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 392 OF 25TH OCTOBER 1983

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

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Ms Wother

Action Taken

MY SAVING TELEGRAM 380 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 25 OCTOBER 1983

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

A.

B.

C.

IN UNHCR CENTRES

GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)

D. UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED

CENTRE POLICY)

E. TOTAL

HKK 243/4

7402 (7 395)

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

51

(150)

23 DEC 1283

282

INDEX

6 002 (5 999)

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13 737 (13 826)

DESK

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.

2.

3 664 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE INCREASE

OF 33 SINCE 18 OCTOBER IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF 1 SMALL BOAT.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 3 264 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF

WHICH 134 IN THE PAST WEEK.

YOUDE

BOAT PEOPLE

THEMELUEND

ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION

SEAD

UND

FED

PUSD

NEWS D MAED

PS

PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE PS/PUS

MR WRIGHT MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

MR ADAMS

MR URE

BOAT PEOPLE

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