TNAG-2643-FCO40-3836-Immigration-to-Hong-Kong-from-China-policy-and-statistics-1992 — Page 67

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Director of Immigration

Fron

(80)

ICC/CON/3/6

Ref.

..in..

Tel. No.

6718156

23 June 1992

Date

G.F. 73C

37

MEMO

Distribution Below

To

Your Ref..............

in

dated

Illegal Immigrations from China

Repatriation from Hong Kong

Further to my memo in this series dated 19-05-92 the figure as at 31-05-92 are as follows :

Between 30-11-74

and 31-12-90

1991

1992 1992 Yearly Total Jan-Apr May

1992 Yearly Total

No. of illegal

referred for 282778

19067

7557 2738

10295

repatriated

No. repatriated 290816

19044

7442

2688

10130

No. released

609

25

14

3

17

Abscond

Deceased

8

1

1

Awaiting repatriated

as at 31-05-92

* Excluding 'shoppers'

'surrendered for repatriation (SUL)'

excess crew members'

'evaders (VIC)'

'smugglers'

'other means'

(who were also repatriated)

189

0

591

4108

62

O

2.

A breakdown on the arrested illegal immigrants from China between

December 1974 and May 1992 is at Appendix A.

3.

At Appendix B are tables showing figures of legal and illegal entrants from China from 1972 to 31-05-92 together with an estimate of total new entrants from 1975 to date.

Distribution

JSIS HK HQBF

CP (Attn: DVC Border) CAPIC HK

HQBF HK (Attn: J3 OPS) D

WONG Yee-shing

for Director of Immigration

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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