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5.

29 ARRIVED IN NOVEMBER, THE LOWEST NUMBER OF ARRIVALS SINCE

FEBRUARY AND PLAINLY THE END OF THE ARRIVAL SEASON FOR 1983.

6.

451 WERE RESETTLED OVERSEAS DURING NOVEMBER, COMPARED WITH

312 IN OCTOBER. THE INCREASE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE US MEETING

ITS TARGET OF 250 DEPARTURES PER MONTH TO BATAAN, AND TO AN

INCREASED OFFTAKE OF 128 TO CANADA TO MAKE UP MOST OF ITS QUOTA

FOR 1983.

7.

7172 VRS HAVE ARRIVED HERE SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE

CLOSED CENTRE POLICY ON 2 JULY 1982, INCLUDING 525 SHIP RESCUE

CASES. OF THESE ONLY 1649 HAVE LEFT FOR RESETTLEMENT, OF WHOM

430 HAVE BEEN SHIP-RESCUE CASES. THE POPULATION IN CLOSED CENTRES

IS NOW 5732.

8.

THE LOCAL UNHCR OFFICE IS NOW PROCESSING FOR OVERSEAS

RESETTLEMENT 74 SUSPECTED EX CHINA CASES WHOM THE CHINESE

AUTHORITIES HAVE REFUSED TO ACCEPT. THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES

HAVE HOWEVER JUST NOTIFIED US THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT A FURTHER

118 EX CHINA CASES NOW IN HONG KONG AND ALL WILL BE REPATRIATED

ON 14 DECEMBER. THIS WILL LEAVE A BALANCE OF 108 EX CHINA

CASES HERE. YOUDE

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