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TO ROUTINE MIGRATION AND VISA DEPARTMENT TELEGRAM NUMBER VISA 49 OF
29 AUGUST.
FOLLOWING FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION.
YOUR TELNO. VISA 1003 OF 20TH AUGUST.
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WISHING TO ENTER THE UK.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT MOST COUNTRIES ACCEPTING VIETNAMESE AND CAMBODIAN REFUGEES FROM SOUTH EAST ASIA HAVE ENLISTED THE HELP OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPEAN MIGRATION TO MAKE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS, NOTABLE EXCEPTIONS ARE CANADA AND AUSTRALIA WHO HAVE MADE THEIR OWN ARRANGEMENTS. I CEM MOVES FROM HONG KONG HAVE GONE VERY SMOOTHLY AND THIS ORGANISATION IS CO-OPERATING CLOSELY WITH OUR IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. SOME COUNTRIES, SUCH AS US A, ARE REIMBURSING I CEM FOR THE EXPENSE INCURRED, IN OTHER CASES, NOTABLY REFUGEES ACCEPTED BY FRANCE, ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR TRANSPORTATION COSTS TO BE MET BY THE UNHCR IF THE REFUGEE AND SPONSOR ARE UNABLE TO PAY. REPRESENTATIVES OF ICE M AND UNHCR IN HONG KONG ARE WILLING TO DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO ASSIST. YOU MAY WISH TO CONTACT HEADQUARTERS OF THESE ORGANISATIONS AS SOON AS ANY DECISION TO ACCEPT REFUGEES
FROM HONG KONG IS TAKEN.
MACLEHOSE
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