TNAG-2643-FCO40-3836-Immigration-to-Hong-Kong-from-China-policy-and-statistics-1992 — Page 23

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From... rector of Immigration.

MEMO

To Distribution Below

Ref. (82) in.

ICC/CON/3/6...

Tel. No.

6718156...

Date

17 August 1992.

G.F. 73C

Your Ref.

in

dated

Illegal Immigrations from China Repatriation from Hong Kong

Further to my memo in this series dated 21-07-92 the figure as at 31-07-92 are as follows :

Between 30-11-74 and 31-12-90

1991

1992 1992

1992

Yearly Total Jan-Jun July Yearly Total

No. of illegal

referred for

282778

19067

12749

2220

14969

repatriated

No. repatriated 290816

19044

12573 2222

14795

No. released

Abscond

609

25

18

7

25

4

Deceased

8

1

1

Awaiting repatriated

as at 31-07-92

* Excluding 'shoppers'

HICBS 341/2

'surrendered for repatriation (SUL)'

'excess crew members'

'evaders (VIC)'

smugglers'

О

798

6008

89

'other means'

(who were also repatriated)

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2.

A breakdown on the arrested illegal immigrants from China between

December 1974 and July 1992 is at Appendix A.

3.

At Appendix B are tables showing figures of legal and illegal entrants from China from 1972 to 31-07-92 together with an estimate of total new entrants from 1975 to date.

YIP Pang,

Peter

for Director of Immigration

Distribution

JSIS HK HQBF

CP (Attn: DVC Border)

САРІС НК

HQBF HK (Attn: J3 OPS) D

HQ48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade (Attn: Cos)

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Reginal Command Control/NT (Attn: SSO/OPS/NT)

CIO (OR) CIO(MKT)

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