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HONG KONG CHRISTIAN SERVICI
MIGRATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT
33. GRANVILLE ROAD, KOWLOON
HONG KONG
OFFICER-IN-CHARGE MR. K.L. STUMPF, C.B.E., J.P.
SUPERVISOR:
MRS. L. NEUGEBAUER
ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR
The Rt. Hon. the Lord McNair
1 The Laurels
Eastcombe
Stroud, Glos GL6 7DN
United Kingdom
8 September 1983
MRS. G. GOODLET
CABLE ADDRESS:
ECUMAID
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HONG KONG
TELEPHONE: 3-670071-9
3-672691
SERVICES PROVIDED:
TO CHINESE EMIGRANTS:
COUNSELLING
DOCUMENTATION
SPONSORSHIPS
VISA
TO VIETNAMESE BOAT
REFUGEES:
CARE OF THE ELDERLY
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
- CHILD CARE
COUNSELLING
EDUCATION
LIBRARY
MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE
RECREATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
TO STATELESS EUROPEAN REFUGEES FROM CHINA:
COUNSELLING
LOCAL CARE & MAINTENANCE
MEDICAL CARE
SPONSORSHIPS
VISAS
Dear Lord McNair,
It has now been 4 months since I had the privilege of attending the Conference on Refugees at Ditchley Park. I went there with a kind of special expectation as this meeting was held under the promising theme: 'Sharing the Burdens' with particular emphasis on Hong Kong's refugee problem.
I very vividly remember the genuine concern which all participants expressed regarding Hong Kong and the special problems which we are facing in resettling a large number of refugees who have been waiting for more than 3 years for a place where they may once again rebuild their broken lives. It is this impression which encourages me to write to you in the hope that you may be able to advise or support us in regard to a recent promising development in Canada.
I visited Canada in May 1982 and was reassured by the continued positive approach which the Canadian people are taking towards Asian refugees in spite of the economic depression in their own
country. I was told that whilst government had decided to considerably reduce the official quota for refugees, no limitations exist for private sponsorships provided that the sponsors bear full costs of integration for a period of two years, i.e. without public assistance.
As a result of my visit, Canadian voluntary agencies involved in the resettlement of refugees founded an organization under the name of 'Inter-Amicos'. Their first project called 'Project 5000', aims at resettling Indochinese refugees in Canada at the rate of 5000 per year. During the first phase, the focus will be on refugees now transitting in Hong Kong.
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MUNITY
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