FT 04 JUN 93 / China to act on illegal emigrants
By AP
THE US Coast Guard intercepted tw
o boats trying to smuggle 270 Chinese into
California yesterday, coinciding
with a Chinese government statement that it
had stepped up efforts to halt i
llegal emigration, AP reports.
'The public security departments have stepped
up efforts to track down the
criminal groups organising human smuggling and
patrols at sea,' a Chinese
Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Since January a
uthorities on both sides of the Pacific have intercepted
boats carrying abou
t 2,500 Chinese, each of whom had paid or promised
smugglers Dollars 20,000-
Dollars 30,000 (Pounds 13,000-Pounds 19,500) to get
them into the US illegal
ly. Many others are entering overland from Mexico or
arriving at airports wi
th false documents.
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