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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 50 30 MAY 1975
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TO FRIORITY FCO TELNC 165 OF 29 MAY 1975 ROUTINE BANGKOK.
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YOUR CIRCULAR TELNC RETRACT 857 AND CIRCULAR '0' 82/75: INDOCHINA
REFUGEES.
1.
BOTH WE AND THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSION FOR REFUGEES
IN VIENTIANE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY VIETNAMESE AND CAMBODIANS
CONCERNING THEIR POSSIBLE ACCEPTANCE AS PEFUGEES IN THE UK,
HONG KONG, CANADA, NEW ZEALAND OR IRELAND. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE
PEOPLE CONCERNED HAVE BEEN LIVING IN LAOS FOR SOME YEARS, THE
UNHCR CLASSIFIES THEM AS REFUGEES SUR PLACE. DO SUCH PERSONS COME
WITHIN THE SCOPE OF RECENT RULINGS ON THE ACCEPTANCE BY THE UK
OF VIETNAMESE AND CAMBODIAN REFUGEES, OR DO THESE APPLY ONLY TO
THOSE WHO LEFT S VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA WITHIN THE LAST 2 TO 3.
MONTHS ? WE ARE MEANWHILE FORWARDING TWO APPLICATIONS BY VIETNAMESE
FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE UK TO MIGRATION AND VISA DEPARTMENT
AND THE HOME OFFICE IN THIS WEEK'S BAG.
2.
WHEN THE UNHCR PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS OF THE REFUGEES
CONCERNED, WE SHALL LET YOU KNOW. MEANWHILE, SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS WE PROPOSE TO PROCEED AS FOLLOWS:
A. APPLICANTS FOR CANADA. THE CANADIAN EMPASSY IN BANGKOK HAS
ALREADY GIVEN US SOME GUIDANCE ON DEALING WITH APPLICATIONS FOR
CANADA. APPLICANTS WITH SPONSORS IN CANADA ARE TO BE REFERRED TO
BANGKOK SEMICOLON OTHERS ARE TO BE REFERRED TO THE CANADIAN MANPOWER DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE IN SINGAPORE.
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