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Legal/Illegal Immigrants from China

(All total are in round figures)

Legals

Illegals

Estimated Total

Date of Entry

Total (*) Daily

(1)

Arrested

Average

(2)

Daily Average

Estimated No.

Evaders (***)

(3)

of

New Entrants

(1) + (3)

1972

20000

60

5700

16

1973

56000

150

6100

17

1974

33000

90

7100

20

1975

26000

70

1200

3

6660

32660

1976

20000

60

830

2

6100

26100

1977

25000

70

1820

5

6600

31600

1978

67190

190

8210

23

28100

95290

1979

70500

193

89940

246

107700

178200

1980

55500

152

82130

225

63980

119480

1981

54240

149

5720

-21

3110

57350

1982

53870

148

8680

23

2710

56580

1983

26670

73

4670

13

-170

26500

1984

27700

76

9660

26

2700

30400

1985

27190

75

12590

34

4147

31337

1986

27060

74

16832

46

6391

33451

1987

27173

74

21847

60

9128

36301

1988

28047

77

13272

36

-4031

24016

1989

27219

75

5012

14

-574

26645

1990

27976

77

9951

27

+206

27910

1991

Jan

2283

74

986

32

-3

2280

Feb

2044

73

692

Mar

2045

66

1435

Apr

1986

66

7413

May

2085

67

1559

Jun

2286

76

1442

48

68550

25

-22

2022

46

91

2136

47

109

2095

108

2193

48

2334

Figures for 1972-1976 include PRC passport holders with onward visas. Figures from 1977 exclude PRC passport holder with onward visas. Figures from 23 December 1982 exclude double journey permit holders.

** A new formula to estimate the no. of underground evaders agreed upon by the Census & Statistics Department,

Secretary for Security, Police and Immigration Department has been taken effect from December 1988.

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