HKCS
SHEET NO.
b) Accompanied by Mr. Hervey of the British Embassy we met Mr. de
Graaff, Deputy Chief, General Affairs Division, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs.
c)
Dutch government now considering 1980 quota probably in the
region of 1,000. Government now awaiting UNHCR recommendations
regarding numbers and from which country refugees to be taken.
Mr. de Graaff stated that his government always accepted UNHCR
recommendations which in the past by-passed Hong Kong. If the
UNHCR this time should include Hong Kong his government will act accordingly. Quota of 1,000 includes individual asylum seekers.
They already accepted 400 family reunion cases outside of quota;
70 of these will come from Hong Kong.
Later at a cocktail party the following were present:
Mr. P. Van Vliet (Host)
Mr. Roger Hervey
Mr. H. Van Weezel
Mr. H. Gualtherie
Mr. C. de Graaff
Mr. H. Kolkman
Mr. E. Brouwer
―
Chief, Central & South African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Counsellor, British Embassy
Member, Lower House (Christian Democrat)
- Christian Democrat, Ministry for Foreign
Affairs
Deputy Chief, General Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Emergency Aid)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
(International Organisations)
Mr. F. Bolkestein - Member, Lower House (Liberal Party)
Mr. C. Brouwer UNHCR
Mrs. L. Miedema-Polak - CEBEMO (Central Missionary Secretariat)
Member Liberal Party
All present were impressed by Hong Kong's many problem and assured
Miss Lee that Hong Kong's case will be strongly presented at an
interdepartmental meeting on May 28. On this occasion Mr. de
Graaff confirmed that UNHCR will recommend to his government a
quota for Hong Kong.
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