IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
1240
29-4-1990
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg. 30-4-1990
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
Imm.
Total
Description
Ref. VRD
on
Port of Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Board
in VN
North Central South Yes/x
Chinese type wooden
41
CHIEM HOA
transportation
HA TUYEN,
N.VN
20-3-90
at
1100 hrs.
Vietnamese
1
:
boat installed
with a 20 h.p. engine.
Chinese
40
Breakdown
M 15 W 15 B 65
Hearsay
74/90
Family Composition
:
Measurement
8m x 2.5m
This boat has not been towed
to GIRC.
No photo is available.
Families 7 Individuals 17
Personal Effects
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
Description of Voyage
Boatmaster
1.
Believed to be
Source :
former VN
residents.
R***************
XXXXX/Letter/and 2. Had stopped
over China/
XXXXX.
**********
*******
*******
LAU A KHI
This group of 41 left CHIEM HOA, N.VN by bus separately. The first group of 11 arrived at HA NOI on 20-3-90 and waited for 4 days until the tickets of onward train to LAO CAI were available. Upon arrival, they were approached by a Vietnamese courier who promised to escort them to HE KOU
) via After one day's rest at HE KOU, hill path at a charge of 4,000 Dongs per head.
D) by bus on 26-3-90. they went to WEN SHAN (
All of them lived at WEN SHAN LU SHE (i) awaiting the rest of the members while the boatmaster took a bus to BEI HAI (4) in order to purchase an escape
On 11-4-90, he managed to buy a Chinese motorized boat bearing a registration number, 32
: 北 206, at a cost of RMB $10,000 through the assistance of a middle-man called 'AH HAR ( 虾
boat.
). Then the boatmaster
telegraphed to his members and they left WEN SHAN by bus immediately. Finally, they united at BEI HAI and set sail on 13-4-90 with a total number of 41.
Having made two 3-day windsheltering at HAI AN (4) and SHA PA (24\ on 15-4-90 and 21-4-90, they subsequently came to ZHA PO ( elk) on 23-4-90 for an overnight rest. Thereafter, they called at HAI VAN (3)
/where
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