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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TEL NO 543 OF 4 OCT 82.
AND TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
UKMIS TEL 486 TO PCO:
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VIETNAMESE LAND REFUGEES
AGISTRY Son Takee
1. AT THE TCRC MEETING ON 1 OCTOBER REPRESENTATIVES OF MISSIONS
OF RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES WERE GIVEN LISTS OF NAMES OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES IN CAMPS ON THE THAI/CAMBODIAN BORDER TOGETHER WITH
NAMES OF SPONSORS WHERE KNOWN.
2. THERE ARE 2,551 REFUGEES REGISTERED OF WHICH 1686 (786 FAMILIES)
CLAIM (CLAIM UNDERLINED) A SPONSOR IN A RESETTLEMENT COUNTRY
AND 865 (521 FAMILIES) HAVE NO SPONSOR. INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL
ARE 30 HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND 26 UNATTACHED CHILDREN UNDER 16.
SINGLE PERSONS COUNT AS ONE FAMILY UNIT.
3. THERE ARE THREE MALE (EITHER UNACCOMPANIED OR SINGLE)
REFUGEES WHO CLAIM A SPONSOR IN UK THEIR YEARS OF BIRTH ARE
1949, 1954 AND 1965. SPONSORS ARE SISTER-IN-LAW, ADOPTED SISTER
AND BROTHER-IN-LAW.
4. THERE ARE ELEVEN (5 FAMILIES) WHO CLAIM A SPONSOR IN HONG
KONG. DO YOU WANT BY TELEGRAM FURTHER DETAILS OF THOSE REFERRED
TO IN THIS AND THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH ?
5.
REPRESENTATIVES MAINTAINED THE LINE REPORTED IN TUR.
6. A UNHCR OFFICIAL EXPRESSED HIS QUOTE VERY REAL CONCERN
UNQUOTE FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN
THE BORDER CAMPS AND EMPHASISED THAT WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO SOLVE
THE PROBLEM WAS A SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN EFFORT BY ALL RESETTLE-
MENT COUNTRIES TO EACH TAKE A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF REFUGEES
OUTSIDE THE FAMILY REUNIFICATION CLASSIFICATION.
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