SINCE MARCH, BUT REPRESENTS A SLIGHT INCREASE
COMPARED WITH LAST OCTOBER'S 103.
6.
312 LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT DURING
OCTOBER. THE SHORTFALL OF ABOUT 70 FROM OUR
ESTIMATED FIGURE OF 380 PER MONTH IS ATTRIBUTABLE
TO THE US FAILURE TO MEET ITS TARGET OF 250
DEPARTURES PER MONTH TO BATAAN.
ONLY 132 LEFT
FOR BATAAN IN OCTOBER DUE TO A LOCAL SHORTAGE
OF INS INTERVIEWERS. USCG SAYS IT HAS MADE
ARRANGEMENTS TO IMPROVE THIS SITUATION IN NOVEMBER.
7.
THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW
CEILING OF 5,000 RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES FROM THE REGION.
REPRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN
¡ MADE TO THE LOCAL JAPANESE CONSUL-GENERAL FOR HONG
GENEROUS
KONG TO RECEIVE A GENEROUS SHARE OF THESE PLACES
AND THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED UP BY HMA TOKYO.
8.
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CLOSED CENTRE
POLICY ON 2 JULY 1982, 7,143 VRS HAVE ARRIVED HERE
INCLUDING 525 SHIP RESCUE CASES. OF THESE ARRIVALS,
ONLY 1,383 HAVE LEFT FOR RESETTLEMENT, OF WHOM 421
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