TNAG-2168-FCO40-3105-House-of-Commons-Foreign-Affairs-Committee-inquiry-into-Hong-1990 — Page 124

1. Arrivals

VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: STATISTICS AT 6 JULY 1990

Month by month:

1989

1990

Change

January

114

164

+ 44%

February

356

201

44%

March

842

271

68%

April

2918

801

-

73%

May

9198

817

- 91%

June

9694

737

92%

July

4296

78

3,627

- 87%

Total arrivals in 1990

Births in camps in 1990

2. Departures in 1990

3,627

:

1,461

Total in :

5,088 (1990)

Resettlement

3,627

Repatriation (voluntary)

2,295

Total out:

5,922 (1990)

3. Progress on Voluntary Repatriation

Volunteers returned since March 1989

3,169

Volunteers yet to return

1,471

Volunteers from among the screened out'

715

:of whom remaining

Births since start of voluntary programme

378

2,244

4.

General

Total population of Boat People now in Hong Kong :

54,274

Total

Peak total population (30 October 1990)

56,920

10,102

Refugees

Screened out after appeal

9,669

Remainder: those awaiting screening or

:

34,503

Net change in total over previous week

+ 29

Arrivals since the adoption of the CPA (15.6.89) Births since the adoption of the CPA

:

18,086

2,145

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