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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
Resellent in07 MAR 1980
Vietnamese refugees. Resettten
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1. Hong Kong telegram media NOSTRO
A-D
ΣHE 24314
286 of 25 Feb and
12
in de uk. This is
по
316 of March
a
REGISTRY
JPA 3 Arion Taken 28 Jul Feb,
Aw dob
have att included requests
on a
an
16
that ways be considered to spied up the resettlent of refugees from HK
against de backgrond of a feared exodus from Vater and de fear that uk performace will detract from
our arguets to persuade de us ad otter countries to maintain their efforts at resettent of refugees from otke. Mr Woodfield has now replied to certain points in a letterto E 14 of Cortazzi of 28 Feb.
year
It seems dat de
FICK 24/22. FCO Telmo 69 of 24 Jam proposed a target of 2,600 refugees actualy
moved to the uk in de fist I mouths of dis toted will be only bout 1,760. Estimated monthly deportives for
430, 532, ad between 600 and 800 for consecutive willy,
GC
11A
13
CODE 18-77
Jan - March are 3. This shortfall is not trough any shortage of refugees qualified for resettlement in de UK. A Have affice team in January selected 3,831 such refugees and 3,465 had been selected during two previous H.O. visits. 4. Delays sen to have wisen at two later stages; namely a delay calling forward selected refugees for departure and a
delay between being called forward and actually departing. Hong Kong telmo 286 proposes ways in which call- forward bath lists might be improved and we
call-forward
reply to die telegram. of Quantrill's minute of 26 Feb. to M. Murray efers, and it might be worth giving do it.0.
(although day are seeing all be the grows on de subject and should
would
Sel
to owe a
a reminder now
be aware
of it's disquet).
5. Of course, the rate of resetttent in the uk ultimately hinges on de umber of places available in reception centres ad permanent housing. This is a matter for de blame office, the Joint Committee
Refugees from Vietnam (Chama Sir Archer Paterson) and the coluntary agencies. It is a subject raised in or Cartazzi's letter to or Woodfield
Confidential.
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