7.
2,613 HAVE ARRIVED SO FAR THIS YEAR AGAINST 2,194 DEPARTURES
OUR REFUGEE POPULATION HAS THUS INCREASED STEADILY FROM 12,302 ON 1 APRIL
TO 13,366 ON 1 AUGUST.
8.
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY ON 2 JULY
1982, 6,183 HAVE ARRIVED HERE, INCLUDING 506 SHIP-RESCUE CASES. OF THESE
ARRIVALS, ONLY 873 HAVE LEFT FOR RESETTLEMENT, OF WHOM 250 HAVE BEEN SHIP-
RESCUE CASES. THE TOTAL REFUGEE POPULATION IN CLOSED CENTRES IS NOW
5,432, AND ADDITIONAL CLOSED CENTRE ACCOMMODATION AT HEI LING CHAU FOR
2,500 WILL OPEN EARLY NEXT MONTH.
9.
1 EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AMONG JUNE ARRIVALS
AND 2 BABIES WERE BORN IN JULY, THUS INCREASING OUR EX-CHINA POPULATION
TO 268. WE CONTINUE TO PRESS NCNA FOR THEIR RETURN.
10.
WE HAVE ADDED AN ANALYSIS OF THE LENGTH OF STAY OF REFUGEES
AT OUR
AT PARAGRAPH 3. THIS WILL BE INCLUDED HENCEFORTH AS UNHCR ADVISES WE
ARE THE ONLY PLACE OF ASYLUM WITH THIS LONG TERM "HARDCORE".
REQUEST UNHCR IS OBTAINING COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR THE REST OF THE REGION,
YOUDE
BOAT PEOPLE
LIMITED
SEAD
HKD
UND
FED
PUSD
NEWS D MAED
PS
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE
BOAT PEOPLE
PS/PUS
MR WRIGHT MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR ADAMS
MR URE
4
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
ADVANCED
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