BY BAG
LASSIFIED
OM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
SAVING TELEGRAM
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM SAVINGS 275 OF 26TH JULY 1983
(18)
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON AND WASHINGTON
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM 263 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 26 JULY 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
A.
IN UNHCR CENTRES
7,822 (7,892)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
129
(61) HKK 243/4
C.
UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
268
(267)
D. UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
CENTRE POLICY)
5.314 (5,137)'.
VED IN REGISTH
-9 AUG 1903
PA
REGINTAY
un Takent
E.
TOTAL
13,533 (13,357)
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.
13533 132635
5 33
THE
2. 2,551 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY,
INCREASE OF 185 SINCE 19 JULY IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF
8 SMALL BOATS.
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 2,163 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF
WHICH 14 IN THE PAST WEEK.
YOUDE
BOAT PEOPLE
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/MR LUCE
BOAT FEOPLE
LIMITED
SEAD
HKD
UND
FED
PUSD
NEWS D MAED
PS
PS/PUS
MR WRIGHT MR GIFFARD MR DONALD
MR ADAMS MR URE
THIS TELEGRAM
WAS NOT
'ADVANCED
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