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TO IMMEDIATE CERTAIN MISSIONS AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
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OF 23153OZ 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.
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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.
other two parts covered the problems of the Vietnamese in
Britain, and UK Asylum procedures.) The White Paper will announce Snext two words underline 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
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