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refugee population to the end of the
fall of 1,400 in the Vietnamese
year. But 8,039 remained to be resettled.
XII.
SECURITY
(a)
Defence
1981 Defence Costs Agreement sets out the present
between Her Majesty's Government and the Hong Kong
stationed British Garrison
in Hong
79.
The
understanding
Government
the on
costs of
the
Under the
present
its
in
March
is
Kong, and the contribution which Hong Kong should pay towards
upkeep.
Agreement, which will expire
1988,
Hong Kong meets 75% (presently some HK$1500 million per annum)
of the costs of the Garrison. A new Defence Costs Agreement
required from April 1988 and preparations for the negotiations,
which will take place during 1987, have begun.
(b)
Illegal Immigration
year
80.
The number of illegal immigrants attempting to enter Hong
Kong continued to increase during 1986. Arrests during the averaged 1402 per month compared with 1,051 per month in 1985.
number
of
immigrants illegal
immediate evading
an
arrest
The
but
apprehended later within Hong Kong remained steady, at average of these statistics suggest that security along
309
month.
While
effective,
cause a
was a resurgence
per the land border and in coastal waters is proving generally
of particular concern in the latter part of 1986
in
the trafficking of child illegal immigrants to join parents already in Hong Kong. The number of illegal immigrant
Hong Kong Immigration Department
jumped from
200
The in November.
Hong Kong often place their
is
children reported to the
regularisation
of
stay
before August 1986, to
smuggle children
over
The
Hong
Kong
into Hong
Government
closely
and consultations
an
for
of average
per
20
month,
methods used
lives at risk.
the situation
to
have been
therefore monitoring
with the Chinese authorities
held to try and halt the recent upsurge.
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