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2. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE SOME TIME AGO BETWEEN THE MACAU AUTHORITIES AND THE US CONSULATE-GENERAL FOR CERTAIN REFUGEES WHO HAD BEEN ACCEPTED FOR SETTLEMENT IN THE US BUT WHO WERE STILL WAITING FOR FINALISATION OF THEIR VISAS TO BE ACCOMMODATED
TEMPORARILY IN MACAU. A FORMER ORPHANAGE IS BEING USED AT PRESENT. IT HAS RROM FOR UP TO 800 REFUGEES AND A FURTHER 300 CAN BE ACCOMMODATED IN A FORMER ARMY BARRACKS ON COLOANE
ISLAND. DIRECT ARRIVALS IN MACAU (UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 300) ARE BEING HOUSED ON ILHA VERDE. AT PRESENT APPROXIMATELY 200 EX-HONG
KONG REFUGEES ARE HOUSED IN MACAU: A FURTHER 250 WILL BE TRANSFERRED THERE IN A DAY OR TWO.
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