UNCLASSIFIED
FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG
TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 263 OF 19 JULY 1983
LHKK 24-3/4
RECEIVE
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, WASHINGTON
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MY SAVING TELEGRAM 255 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 19 JULY 1983
(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)
INCHA
- 9 AUG 1983
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Mrs Wolker
A.
IN UNHCR CENTRES
7,892
(7,855)
61
(57)
B.
GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION
C.
UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)
267
(266)
D.
UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED
E.
TOTAL
CENTRE POLICY)
13,357 (13,344)
5,137 (5,156) - decrease
-
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. 2,366 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY,
HAVE BEEN NO ARRIVALS SINCE 12 JULY.
THERE
13357 867 13090
3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 2,149 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF
WHICH 23 IN THE PAST WEEK,
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
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