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FM UKNIS GENEVA 231753Z JULY79
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TELNO 363 OF 23/7/70
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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INFO SAVING WASHINGTON OTTAWA PARIS TEL AVIY DUBETH ROME STOCKHOLM OSLO PEKING BUENOS AIRES TOKYO COPENHAGEN WILLI
CANBERRA VIENNA BONN THE HAGUE MADRID MANILA BANGKOK
SOUTH EAST ASIA REFUGEE MEETING FOLLOW-UP: RESETTLEMENT
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1. UNHCR SUMMONED A MEETING TODAY OF REPRESENTATIVES OF RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES. THE DEPUTY UNHCR (DE HANN) SAID DR -WALDHEIM'S MEETING HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL. THE MAIN TASK NOW WAS
TO MOVE REFUGEES AS FAST AS POSSILBE WHILST ENSURING EQUITABLE
14.95
DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN LAND AND BOAT CASES AND IN THE TAKEOFF FROM (HOA) FIRST ASYLUM COUNTRIES. HE HOPED RESETTLEMENT GOVERNMENTS WOULD
1528 BEAR IN MIND THE NEED FOR FAIR SHARES IN MAKING THEIR ALLOCATIONS AND HE MENTIONED THERE HAD BEEN COMPLAINTS, FOR EXAMPLE THAT TOO MANY HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM MALAYSIA AND NOT ENOUGH FROM HONG KONG.
2. THE US REPRESENTATIVE SAID THEY AIMED TO RESETTLE 14,030 A MONTH AS OF JULY UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN
SEPTEMBER 1933. THERE WAS NO FIRM POLICY OF ALLOCATION BUT HE GAVE THE FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER BREAKDOWN AS AN EXAMPLE 4,500 FROM THAILAND, 4,523 FROM MALAYSIA, 2,530 FOR INDONESIA, 2,333 FROM HONG KONG, 503 FROM ELSEWHERE.
3. CANADA SAID THAT OF THE 53,000 UP TO END 1983 ANNOUNCED AT THE CONFERENCE THEY HOPED TO TAKE 15,003 IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. OF THESE 6,050 WOULD BE LAND PEOPLE (FROM THAILAND), 5,853 WOULD COME FROM MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA AND 3,023 FROM HONG KONG.
4. ITALY SAID THEIR SHIPS IN THE AREA HOPED TO PICK UP 1,083 BY THE END OF AUGUST. ITALY WOULD ALSO TAKE 170 LAND PEOPLE. ISRAEL
SAID THAT OF THEIR 230, 53 WOULD BE FAMILY REUNIFICATION CASES MAINLY FROM INDONESIA AND THEY PREFERRED TO TAKE THE REST FROM
THAILAND AND PHIPIPPINES. IRELAND CONFIRMED THEIR 103 WOULD COME
FROM HONG KONG, SWITZERLAND SAID THEY HOPED TO TAKE 803 BY AUGUST (CAMBODIANS FROM THAILAND AND VIETNAMESE FROM MALAYSIA) AND
A FURTHER 1,490 BY END 1979 AMONGST WHOM THOSE FROM INDONESIA AND
HONG KONG WOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN,
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