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FROM OR WALKER, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT
243/1 DATED 25 JULY 1983
FOLLOWING FOR MR C E LEEKS, REFUGEES DIVISION, SECURITY BRANCH,
HONG KONG
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1. YOU MAY LIKE TO KNOW THAT AT A RECENT MEETING OF THE BRITISH
RED CROSS SOCIETY, MRS LEONG OF THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE RED
CROSS AND MISS SUSAN BALFOUR OF BRCS OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE
REFERRED TO DIFFICULTIES WITH VIETNAMESE FAMILY REUNION CASES IN
HONG KONG. THEY SAID THERE WERE PARTICULAR PROBLEMS WHEN
FAMILY MEMBERS ARRIVED IN HONG KONG SEPARATELY AND WERE THEREFORE
SPLIT BETWEEN CLOSED AND OPEN CAMPS.
2.
THEY WERE ADVISED TO TAKE SPECIFIC CASES UP DIRECTLY WITH YOU
AND THE UNHCR, AND AGREED TO DO SO. THEY WERE AWARE THAT YOU WERE
CONCERNED AT POSSIBLE ABUSES OF THE FAMILY REUNION SYSTEM.
SIGNED OR WALKER
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