TNAG-1799-FCO40-2559-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-ex-China-Vietnamese-illegal-im-1988 — Page 32

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FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 39 OF 25 AUGUST 88

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES/VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (VIIS)/ EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS)

OUR SAVINGS TELEGRAM 38 REFERS.

WEEKLY SITUATION AS AT 0900 HOURS ON 23 AUGUST 1988.

ARRIVALS

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SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING POLICY

ON 16 JUNE 1988, 8,446 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED

IN 260 BOATS. AMONG THEM, 699 ARRIVED IN 16 BOATS IN THE

PAST WEEK. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS

AMONG THESE NEW ARRIVALS, THERE ARE AT PRESENT 8,465 BOAT

PEOPLE AWAITING DETERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS.

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