TNAG-1799-FCO40-2559-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-ex-China-Vietnamese-illegal-im-1988 — Page 61

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NCLASSIFIED

FM THE GOVERNOR HONG KONG

TO THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER SAVING 32 of 13th JULY, 1988

INFORMATION SAVING TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFF LONDON AND HANOI

HICD 24319

11.98€

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

OUR SAVING TELEGRAM 30 REFERS.

WEEKLY SITUATION AS AT 0900 HOURS ON 12 JULY 1988.

ARRIVALS

1.

SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCREENING POLICY ON

16 JUNE 1988, 2,785 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED IN

127 BOATS. AMONG THEM, 1,479 ARRIVED IN 45 BOATS IN THE PAST

WEEK.

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

2.

NO. REMAINING IN HONG KONG

(PREVIOUS WEEK'S FIGURE IN BRACKETS)

A. IN UNHCR CENTRE

B. GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

2,653

(2,652)

1

(2)

C. UNDER DETENTION (IN CLOSED

13,451

(13,492)

CENTRES)

D. TOTAL

16,105

(16,146)

THE NUMBER UNDER DETENTION REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES WHO HAVE COME TO HONG KONG SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF

THE CLOSED CENTRE POLICY ON 2.7.82 AND BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION

OF THE SCREENING POLICY ON 16 JUNE 1988. THE ABOVE FIGURES

EXCLUDE SHIP RESCUE AND RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE CASES.

/P.2

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