13-JUL-1993
16:10
Refugees Division SB
852 525 9350
P.01
Press Release
A government spokesman said today that there had
been સૈ sudden increase in the number of vietnamese illegal
immigrants arriving from China. Some 250 nad arrived so
being accommodated on Green
far this month.
Island and
They were
special section of the Whitehead Detention
Centre.
This group of illegal
immigrants have all came
from Bei Hai, in Guangxi Province, the government spokesman
said. They claim that they left Bei Hai, because the local
authorities nad demolished their homes.
Chinese
confirmed that the
The government spokesman
authorities had been asked to accept the return of
this group in accordance with established procedures.
The total number of ex-China Vietnamese illegal
immigrants in detention now stands at 370.
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