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TO IMMEDIATE CERTAIN MISSIONS AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
GUIDANCE TELNO 125
OF 231530Z SEPTEMBER 85
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: RESPONSE BY HMG TO REPORT OF
HOME AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE ON RACE RELATIONS AND IMMIGRATION
(SCORRI)
INTRODUCTION
1. ON 26 SEPTEMBER THE GOVERNMENT WILL PUBLISH A WHITE PAPER IN
RESPONSE TO SCORRI'S RECENT REPORT 'REFUGEES AND ASYLUM WITH
SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE VIETNAMESE', PART ONE OF WHICH WAS
DEVOTED TO THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. (THE
OTHER TWO PARTS COVERED THE PROBLEMS OF THE VIETNAMESE IN
BRITAIN, AND UK ASYLUM PROCEDURES.) THE WHITE PAPER WILL ANNOUNCE
INTER ALIA HMG'S AGREEMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCORRI'S
RECOMMENDATION, TO ACCEPT FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THE UK SOME 500
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, MAINLY FROM HONG KONG, WHO HAVE RELATIVES IN
THE UK, BUT WHO HAVE HITHERTO FALLEN OUTSIDE THE HOME OFFICE'S
IMMIGRATION CRITERIA FOR FAMILY REUNION: AND IN ADDITION,
DEPENDING ON THE WILLINGNESS SHOWN BY OTHER RESETTLEMENT
COUNTRIES TO RESPOND TO HONG KONG'S NEEDS, TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING
FURTHER LIMITED NUMBERS FROM HONG KONG. IMMEDIATELY AFTER
PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER, AND ALSO IN RESPONSE TO THE
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