IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
First Information on Arrival of Vietnamese Boat People
Serial No.
Arrival Date
Date of Reg.
1222
21-4-90
22-4-90
Imm.
Total
Port of
Description
Ref. VRD
on
Embarkation
of vessel
Sailing
Date
Description of Boat People
Board
in VN
Knowledge of Detention Centre
Policy
Remarks
56/90
N.VN. type
25
HAM TAN,
wooden
motorized
THUAN HAI, S.VN.
2-3-90
at
Vietnamese
:
0500 hrs.
installed
fishing junk
with a 16 h.p.
Chinese made
engine.
Chinese
Breakdown
M 3 W 8 B 91 5
Family Composition
:
Families 5
Individuals O
North Central South Yes/bo
25
Source
Radio broadcast/
1. Believed to be
former VN residents.
2. Had stopped
over China/ Macao.
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Press/XXXXXXX
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Personal Effects
XXXXXX.
Measurement
8m x 2.5m
Simple clothing and belongings VN issued papers
The boat has not been towed to GIRC, boat photo is not available.
Description of Voyage
Boatmaster : NGUYEN VAN LE
NGUYEN VAN LE was the organizer who planned the exodus 4 months ago. He recruited the boatmates whom he met while he was in prison. Each family had to pay 2 taels of gold for the escape. They had to choose a sea route to Hong Kong because they were ethnic Vietnamese from the South. As they could not speak Cantonese, they knew they would be repatriated to Vietnam by Chinese officials if they were intercepted at the Sino-Vietnamese border. Furthermore, NGUYEN's wife had some very good connections with government officials in CAM PHA, N.VN; her uncle, DOAN VAN LOI, could arrange an escape boat for them.
This group left HAM TAN, THUAN HAI, S.VN. on 2-3-90 by bus. They arrived HA NOI, N.VN on 4-3-90 and continued then journey to CAM PHA on the same day. It took DOAN VAN LOI quite a while to arrange the escape boat for the group.
The boat cost 6 taels of gold. They brought with them 100 kg. of rice, so litres of water, 100 litres of fuel and some small quantity of pork and fish. They left CAM PHA at 2000 hrs. on 21-3-90. On 23-3-90, they
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