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Dr Wilson
PS/Mr Luce
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A C GALSWORTHY,
DATE: 18 April 1985
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Sir W Harding
Mr Hartland-Swann, SEAD
Mr Lever, UND
The Tukan
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: FUTURE POLICY
Problem
1.
This
in
on race
submission considers what measures should be adopted
order to contain and if possible resolve the problem of Vietnamese
refugees in Hong Kong. I suggest that decisions on it should form
the basis of our posture on the report of the sub-committee
relations and immigration (SCORRI), both initially in discussion
with the
the Home Office and eventually publicly. The SCORRI report is
being submitted in parallel, and the future of the closed camp
policy will be considered in that context.
Recommendation
121
2.
I recommend that we adopt a three-pronged policy as follows:
(a) Increasing departures
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We seek to obtain agreement that the UK should accept a
greater number of
of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong on a
regular and continuing basis, and then, basing ourselves on
Our decision to do so, we make a maximum effort to persuade
other resettlement countries to increase their uptake.
(b) Decreasing arrivals
We explore with the Vietnamese
cooperating with a
the
prospects of their
programme of repatriation coupled with
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