§ 29. Mr. Wallasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many refugees from mainland China have been repatriated after having entered Hong Kong in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. LuardThe numbers of would-be illegal immigrants who have been repatriated from Hong Kong to China are as follows:
1973 0 1974 233 1975 1,133 1976 810 1977 1,779 (January-June) 1978 1,556 I emphasise that those repatriated are not, and do not claim to be, refugees.