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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 260245Z APR 33
TO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 9 OF 26 APRIL 1983
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INFO ROUTINE FCO, WASHINGTON AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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1. YOUR TELNO 1 OF 13 FEBRUARY SUMMARISED A USEFUL DISCUSSION WITH SMYSER ON FUTURE UNHCR PLANS FOR RESETTLING VRS NOW IN
TEMPORARY ASYLUM HERE. AT THAT STAGE THE DANES AND FINNS HAD COME AND GONE, TAKING ABOUT 160 VRS WITH THEM. THE SWEDES VISITED LAST MONTH, AND HAVE AGREED TO TAKE 205.
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2. THESE ARE SMALL BUT WELCOME SIGNS THAT NEITHER THE UNHCR NOR THE WESTERN COMMUNITY HAS FORGOTTEN THAT WE NOW HAVE 12,400 VRS HERE, INCLUDING 3,800 IN CLOSED CENTRES. THE FACT REMAINS THAT WE HAVE NOW ENTERED A NEW QUOTE ARRIVAL SEASON UNQUOTE, WITH 489 COMING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF APRIL, ALREADY OUR HIGHEST MONTHLY TOTAL SINCE LAST AUGUST. THE RATE OF OFFTAKE FROM HERE SEEMS LIKELY
TO SETTLE DOWN AT 250 PER MONTH: THE USA IS TAKING 100 PER MONTH
AND HAS AGREED TO LOOK AT SOME RESIDUAL CASES IN OPEN CENTRES, AND THE AUSTRALIANS ARE TAKING ABOUT 80 PER MONTH, MORE THAN TWICE THE IR RATE LAST YEAR. CONVERSELY, THE CANADIAN OFFTAKE HAS FALLEN
TO HALF ITS MONTHLY QUOTA BECAUSE OF DIFFICULTIES IN FINDING CANADIAN SPONSORS, AND THE FRENCH ARE PROBABLY ABOUT TO STOP TAKING VRS FROM HERE BECAUSE OF CAMBODIAN PRESSURES.
3. ON THIS (RATHER BLEAK) BASIS, CAN YOU PLEASE ASK UNHCR WHAT PLANS THEY HAVE FOR FURTHER HK QUOTAS? THE LOCAL UNHCR REPRESENT- ATIVE HAS MENTIONED THAT SPECIAL APPROACHES HAVE BEEN MADE TO
THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM, FOR INSTANCE.
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