TNAG-2872-FCO40-4126-Hong-Kong-repatriation-of-ex-China-Vietnamese-illegal-immigr-1993 — Page 187

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3-JUL-1993 16:10

Refugees Division SB

+ 852 525 9350

P.01

Press Release

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A government spokesman said today that there had

been a sudden increase in the number of Vietnamese illegal

immigrants arriving from China. Some 250 had arrived so

They were being accommodated on' Grèen

Island and a special section of the Whitehead Detention

Centre.

far this month.

Green

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 had demolished their homes.

The

Chinese

government

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spokesman

confirmed that the

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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