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SCORRI REPORT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEE FAMILY REUNION CASES
WE HAVE STUDIES THE PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING UK FAMILY REUNION
CASES PROPOSED BY THE HOME OFFICE IN ITS LETTER TO BRC OF 4 OCTOBER
1985. OUR IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED OUT THE SCREENING AND
DOCUMENTATION PROCEDURES TO FIT INTO STAGE 111 OF THE PROPOSED
PROCESS AS FOLLOWS :
(A) THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT'S OVERSEAS VISA SECTION WILL PASS
THE MONTHLY NAME LISTS TO ITS VIETNAMESE REFUGEE SECTION WHERE
CASE FILES WILL BE OPENED.
(B) AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER WILL INTERVIEW THE REFUGEES CONCERNED
AND FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WISH TO GO TO UK. UNDERTAKINGS
TO THIS EFFECT WILL BE OBTAINED FROM THEM.
(C) AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER WILL ARRANGE FOR THE NAMES OF THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN PROCESSED TO BE SENT TO IND BY TELEX AND FOR COPIES
OF THEIR UNDERTAKINGS TO BE DESPATCHED TO IND BY BAG.
(D) IF DETAILS MATCH, IND WILL TELEX ENTRY CLEARANCE AUTHORISATIONS TO THE OVERSEAS VISA SECTION. DOCUMENTATION FOR THE APPROVED CASES
WILL THEN BE PROCESSED AND UNHCR, HKG AND ICM INFORMED.
(E) UK ENTRY PERMITS WILL BE ISSUED TO ICM WHEN THE MECESSARY
MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS ARE CONCLUDED.
(F) THE REFUGEES CONCERNED WILL THEN BE ESCORTED TO THE AIRPORT
FOR DEPARTURE TO UK UNDER IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT STAFF SUPERVISION
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXISTING PROCEDURES.
3. MIFT CONTAINS A COPY OF THE DETAILED PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING
THESE CASES ISSUED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.
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4. AS REGARDS STAGE 1 OF THE HOME OFFICE/PROCEDURES, WE AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR (INS) TO USE ITS TELEX LINK
TO SEND THE MONTHLY LISTS TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT'S OVERSEAS
VISA SECTION, COPYING UNHCR LONDON. THIS COMMUNICATION LINK IS MORE
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