TNAG-1278-FCO40-1629-Statistics-on-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 97

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SAVING TELEGRAM

(16)

is weather

R&R.

(Statistics)

BY BAG

UNCLASSIFIED

FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TERAM NUMBER SAVING 246 OF 6TH JULY 1983

REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, WASHINGTON

$6 HKK 243/2.

MY SAVING TELEGRAM 238 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

1. REFUGEES IN HONG KONG AT 0900 HRS 5 JULY 1983

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURES IN BRACKETS)

IN UNHCR CENTRES

GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

7,883 (7,941)

A.

50 (113)-

B.

D.

E. TOTAL

C.

UNDER DETENTION (NEW CLOSED

CENTRE POLICY)

UNDER DETENTION (CHINA CASES)

265 (265)

5,011 (4,951)

13,209 (13,270)

Miss

LIVIN

ارية

12

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. 2,216 REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED SINCE 1 JANUARY, THE

INCREASE OF 143 SINCE 28 JUNE IS DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF

8 SMALL BOATS.

3. UNHCR HAS RESETTLED 2,093 REFUGEES SINCE 1 JANUARY OF

WHICH 219 IN THE PAST WEEK.

YOUDE

HKK 243/4

RECEIVED IN REGISTAY

13 JUL 1983

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

PA

REGISTRY Action Taken

13209 3865

12944

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

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT

ADVANCED

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