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OF 221632Z JANUARY 1986
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE STOCKHOLM, THE HAGUE, WASHINGTON, UKMIS NEW YORK, INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, COPENHAGEN, HELSINKI, BONN, TOKYO
YOUR TELNO 16: UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING 21 JANUARY: HONG KONG
ISSUES
1. WE SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED. UNHCR CONFIRM THEY WILL FUND PROPOSED RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE. COOPER (UNHCR RESETTLEMENT SECTION) WILL TRAVEL TO HONG KONG NEXT WEEK AND WILL DISCUSS CENTRE. UNHCR
ASSUMPTION IS THAT ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING WILL BE
REQUIRED.
2. SWEDISH REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT, AS ANNOUNCED AT OCTOBER 1985 EXCOM, SWEDEN WOULD ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL, BUT SMALL, NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES (VRS) FROM HONG KONG. HE COULD NOT GIVE FIGURE BUT SAID NO CASES HAD YET BEEN PRESENTED TO SWEDEN BY UNHCR. COOPER
SAID HE WOULD OBTAIN DETAILS OF CASES FOR SWEDEN DURING HIS VISIT TO
HONG KONG.
3. DUTCH REPRESENTATIVE SAID NETHERLANDS WERE ACTIVELY CONSIDERING
ACCEPTING VRS FROM HONG KONG BUT WOULD NOT REACH A FINAL DECISION UNITL THEY KNEW THE RESULTS OF UNHCR'S DISCUSSIONS WITH HONG KONG
AUTHORITIES ON LOCAL ABSORPTION.
4. US REPRESENTATIVE, WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY MENTIONING HONG KONG, SAID US HAD ACCEPTED 52,000 FROM INDO-CHINA IN 1985 AND EXPECTED
FIGURE TO BE THE SAME IN 1986.
5.
AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVE SAID AUSTRALIA HAD INCREASED OFFTAKE FROM HONG KONG BY 200 AND WOULD INCREASE THIS FURTHER IF THERE WERE
QUOTE SUPPORT FROM OUR COLLEAGUES UNQUOTE.
6.
DANISH REPRESENTATIVE GAVE 1986 QUOTA AS 250 WHICH WILL CONCENTRATE ON INDO-CHINESE AND NON-BAHAI IRANIANS.
7. FINNISH REPRESENTATIVE GAVE 1986 QUOTA AS 100 AND SAID A MISSION
WOULD GO TO HONG KONG AND INDONESIA IN MID-FEBRUARY TO INVESTIGATE
CASES TO FILL THIS QUOTA. CASES WOULD INCLUDE TEN DISABLED.
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