COMMENT
5.
A TOTAL OF 565 REFUGEES IN 27 BOATS ARRIVED IN AUGUST.
THERE WERE NO SHIP-RESCUE CASES.
6.
IN THE SAME MONTH, 379 LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT.
OFFTAKE TO BATAAN, WHICH WAS HELD UP IN JULY DUE TO US PROBLEMS IN
OBTAINING VISAS FOR THE PHILIPPINES, RESUMED IN AUGUST AND THERE
WERE 256 DEPARTURES TO BATAAN IN THE MONTH. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE
32 DEPARTURES DIRECT TO USA.
7.
3 175 HAVE ARRIVED SO FAR THIS YEAR AGAINST 2 574 DEPARTURES.
OUR REFUGEE POPULATION HAS THUS INCREASED STEADILY FROM 12 302 ON 1 APRIL
TO 13 606 ON 1 SEPTEMBER.
8.
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY ON 2 JULY
1982, 6 745 HAVE ARRIVED HERE, INCLUDING 506 SHIP-RESCUE CASES. OF
THESE ARRIVALS, ONLY 1 023 HAVE LEFT FOR RESETTLEMENT, OF WHOM 298 HAVE
BEEN SHIP-RESCUE CASES. THE TOTAL REFUGEE POPULATION IN CLOSED CENTRES
IS NOW 5 873, AND THE NEW CLOSED CENTRE AT HEI LING CHAU FOR 2 500 WILL
NOW OPEN IN LATE SEPTEMBER.
9.
3 EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AMONG MAY ARRIVALS
AND 1 BABY WAS BORN IN AUGUST, THUS INCREASING OUR EX-CHINA POPULATION
TO 272. WE CONTINUE TO PRESS NCNA FOR THEIR RETURN. YOUDE
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