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Sisal of State.
FROM: A C GALSWORTHY, HKD
DATE: 19 APRIL 1985
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PS/Mr Luce
Sir W Harding
Dr Wilson
Mr Hartland-Swann, SEAD
Mr Lever, UND
Parliamentary Unit
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: REPORT FROM THE
RACE RELATIONS AND IMMIGRATION (SCORRI)
1.
HOME AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE ON
I attach a copy of my minute of 19 April to PS/Mr Luce about
SCORRI's Report on Vietnamese refugees which was published
yesterday, 18 April. This sets out Our initial views on the parts
of the Report which are of particular interest to the FCO.
us,
Part 1, deals with the
2. The part of the Report which concerns
problem of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong (who currently number
some 11,500). The other two Parts, on the Vietna
name se
in Britain and
Asylum Procedures
refugees in general are almost entirely for
The Sub-committee last summer commissioned from us
Vietnamese refugees. We were asked to address two
the Home Office.
a memorandum on
specific points:
a)
b)
for
the desirability of admitting more Vietnamese refugees to
Britain: and
whether the effect of admitting to Britain even a small
number of Vietnamese
from the refugee camps
in Hong Kong
take larger
would be to encourage other countries to
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