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FM FCO 041645Z DECEMBER 81
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 922 OF 4 DECEMBER
PQ:
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
WISK UMANE INDEX
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1. SIR ANTHONY ROYLE HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING ORAL PQ:
TO ASK THE LORD PRIVY SEAL WHAT ACTION HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
IS TAKING IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD TO ASSIST HONG KONG IN
RESETTLING THE 14,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO ARE STILL LOOKED
AFTER BY THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES.
2. WE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING REPLY:
WE CONTINUE TO REPRESENT HONG KONG'S CASE TO THIRD COUNTRIES AND
TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS. SOME 80,000 HAVE BEEN RESETTLED FROM HONG KONG SINCE 1976.
3. THE QUESTION MAY BE REACHED.
WE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING SUPPLEMENTARIES:
UK QUOTA:
THE QUOTA OF 10,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HMG AGREED TO ACCEPT IN
JULY 1979 IS ALMOST USED UP. (IF PRESSED) I CANNOT HOLD OUT
ANY HOPE OF AN ADDITIONAL QUOTA AT THIS TIME.
PERFORMANCE OF OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES:
SINCE THE GENEVA CONFERENCE, THE US HAS TAKEN ABOUT 45,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG AND CANADA ABOUT 12,000.
UNHCR'S ROLE:
THE UNHCR MEETS THE CURRENT COST OF MAINTAINING THE REFUGEES AND
THE MAJORITY OF THE CAMPS FOR THEM IN HONG KONG. IT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR ARRANGING THEIR RESETTLEMENT. MORE
THAN 17,000 HAVE BEEN SETTLED SO FAR THIS YEAR.
EX-CHINA REFUGEES:
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