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4. IT ALSO SEEMS EVIDENT TO US. ALTHOUGH FOR OBVIOUS REASONS WE HAVE NOT RAISED THE MATTER WITH UNHCR, THAT THEY WOULD NOT TAKE PART IN ANY SCHEME FOR SCREENING VIETNAMESE ARRIVING IN HONG KONG (ALONG THE LINES DISCUSSED IN PARAGRAPH 20 OF THE PAPER) WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THIS PROCESS WAS GOING TO LEAD. IN OTHER WORDS UNTIL THERE WERE ASSURANCES THAT SUCH ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS' COULD BE RETURNED WITHOUT RISK OF INHUMANE TREATMENT TO VIETNAM, UNHCR WOULD NOT BE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT. WE THINK THAT THIS POSITION OUGHT TO BE SET OUT CLEARLY. IN PARTICULAR PARAGRAPH 23 NEEDS TO BE TOTALLY RECAST TO REFLECT THIS.
5. THERE IS ALSO A REFERENCE (IN PARAGRAPH 7(C) OF THE DRAFT PAPER) TO A VIEW FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S COMMENTS?
6. WE WOULD HAVE LIKED AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE DRAFT SUBMISSION CONTAINING RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE PUT TO MINISTERS BUT RECOGNISE THAT TIME NOW DOES NOT PERMIT THIS. HOWEVER, WE HOPE THAT A COPY OF THE SUBMISSION CAN REACH US IN THE BAG CLOSING ON 6 MARCH.
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: POLICY PAPER
I SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING TEXTUAL CHANGES TO THE PAPER:-
PARA 2, LINE 13: THE REFERENCE TO DISPLACED INDO-CHINESE''
IS AT VARIANCE WITH THE REST OF THE PAPER WHICH REFERS THROUGHOUT TO REFUGEES. THE REFERENCE HERE COULD CAUSE CONFUSION AS TO WHETHER WE MEAN REFUGEES (IN THE CONVENTION SENSE) OR DISPLACED VIETNAMESE MORE GENERALLY.
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PARA 2, LINES 13-17: THIS IMPLIES THAT HONG KONG HAS A LARGER REFUGEE POPULATION THAN THAILAND, WHICH IS NOT TRUE.
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ARA 6, LINE 11: INSERT FOR HONG KONG'', AFTER 'FROM VIETNAM''.
PARA 7(B), LINE 2: DELETE
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OF THE CRITICISM HAS BEEN PRETTY FEROCIOUS. MENTION SHOULD ALSO BE MADE OF THE SCORRI VISIT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE
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