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MIPT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: SCORRI REPORT
TEXT OF DRAFT GUIDANCE TELEGRAM IS AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINS. 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 SCORRI RECOMMENDATIONS, MINISTERS HAVE DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD MAKE A MAJOR EFFORT TO PERSUADE OTHER COUNTRIES TO OFFER ADDITIONAL RESETTLEMENT PLACES TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. THE WHITE PAPER WILL ALSO ANNOUNCE THAT HMG ARE UNABLE TO
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