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OUR TELNO 2921: ANNUAL REPORT TO PARLIAMENT
1.
FURTHER TO PARA 1(L) OF TUR, FOLLOWING IS A REDRAFT OF
THE SECTION ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES. GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS
YOU MAY HAVE DESKBY 230930Z. WE AWAIT CONFIRMATION OF THE
END-YEAR FIGURES IN THE THIRD PARA AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE AFTER 1
JANUARY 1987.
BEGINS
DURING 1986 MAJOR EFFORTS WERE MADE TO SPEED UP THE
RESETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN CAMPS IN HONG KONG.
FOLLOWING THE DECISION BY HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT IN SEPTEMBER
1985 TO ACCEPT SOME 500 REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG FOR FAMILY
REUNION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDER RELAXED CRITERIA, A
DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN WAS MOUNTED BY HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT,
SUPPORTED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, TO PERSUADE OTHER
COUNTRIES TO OFFER MORE RESETTLEMENT PLACES TO HONG KONG.
COUNTRIES RESPONDED POSITIVELY, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM,
CANADA, DENMARK, FINLAND, FRANCE, LUXEMBOURG, THE NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY AND SWEDEN. FOR ITS PART THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO ACCEPT 250 MORE REFUGEES OF CHINESE ORIGIN
FOR LOCAL SETTLEMENT.
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