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treatment of
those
situation in the
returned,
but
camp s
avenue
for
reducing
the
stronger
if
we were
us in Hong Kong obliges
problem.
then doing all
to
(Our defence
we could
to
take
that the seriousness of the
would be all the
refugees for
explore every
resettlement in the UK).
16. Improved Training Facilities
Any
scheme
which makes refugees more
countries
is obviously useful.
Much
respect,
and
to
provide
with
the Hong Kong Government
refugees
are
to acceptable
is already being done
considering further
resettlement
in this
means
appropriate
skills.
They
should be
encouraged
to
pursue
this
question vigorously with
would fit in well with the SCORRI recommendations.
UNHCR.
This
Resálmuntany
18 April 1985
A C Galsworthy
Hong Kong Department
1. This is an appalling problem. It will not simply go away.
We therefore have to face some hard decisions.
2. I agree broadly with the Department's recommendations. Although there will doubtless be a difficult argument with the Home Office, the recommendation on increasing the UK intake and then using this to persuade other countries to take more is uncontroversial. The SCORRI Report gives us just the sort of starting point we needed. Also uncontroversial are the recommendations made about improved training and the possible use of the processing centre at Bataan.
3.
Clearly the decision on whether to talk to the Vietnamese about possible involuntary repatriation is much harder. We should anticipate considerable criticism in Parliament and elsewhere if news of such discussions leaked. We must, I think, assume that they would leak. Nevertheless, I think this is now an approach we must attempt. It
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