TNAG-1799-FCO40-2559-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-ex-China-Vietnamese-illegal-im-1988 — Page 34

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FROM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

UNCLASSIFIED BY BAG

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TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

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TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 34 of 27th JULY 1988

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INFORMATION SAVING TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND HANOI

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

OUR SAVING TELEGRAM 33 REFERS.

WEEKLY SITUATION AS AT 0900 HOURS ON 26 JULY 1988.

ARRIVALS

1.

SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING POLICY ON

16 JUNE 1988, 6,162 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED IN

192 BOATS. AMONG THEM, 1,365 ARRIVED IN 35 BOATS IN THE

PAST WEEK. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS AMONG

THESE NEW ARRIVALS, THERE ARE AT PRESENT 6,164 BOAT PEOPLE

AWAITING DETERMINATION OF REFUGEE STATUS.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

2.

NO. REMAINING IN HONG KONG

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURE IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CENTRE

2,644

(2,644)

B.

GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

1

(9)

C. UNDER DETENTION (IN CLOSED

13.379

(13,368)

CENTRES)

D.

TOTAL

15,964

(16,021)

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