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Sir W Harding
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: FUTURE POLICY
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Problem
1.
on race
This submission considers what measures should be adopted in
order to contain and if possible resolve the problem of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong. I suggest that decisions on it should form
the basis of our posture on the report of the
the sub-committee
relations and immigration (SCORRI), both with the Home Office and eventually publicly. The SCORRI report is being submitted in parallel, and the future of the closed camp policy will be considered in that context.
initially in discussion
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that we adopt a three-pronged policy as follows:
(a) Increasing departures
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We seek to obtain agreement that the UK should accept a
greater number of Vietnamese
Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong on a regular and continuing basis, and then, basing ourselves on our decision to do so, we make a maximum effort to persuade
other resettlement countries to increase their uptake.
(b) Decreasing arrivals
We explore with the Vietnamese
cooperating with a programme
the prospects of their
of repatriation coupled with
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