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TELNO 103
OF 15170OZ JANUARY 86
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
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UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 9 TO FCO: UNHCR RESETTLEMENT MEETING
1.
GRATEFUL TO KNOW LATEST POSITION ON LOCAL ABSORPTION AND.
RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE DESKBY 171200Z.
2.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNHCR MEETING WILL INCLUDE STATEMENTS FROM EACH COUNTRY OF ITS IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE
POLICIES. IT WILL THEN COVER INDO-CHINESE AND DISABLED REFUGEES.
UNHCR HAVE CIRCULATED A BRIEFING PAPER RECOMMENDING THAT, IN LIGHT OF THE CONSTRUCTIVE MEASURES ADOPTED BY UK AND HONG KONG, OTHER COUNTRIES SHOULD MAKE SPECIAL EFFORTS TO TAKE MORE REFUGEES
FROM HONG KONG.
3.
WE MUST EXPECT QUESTIONS AT THE MEETING ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITY OF FURTHER OFFTAKE BY UK BEYOND THE 500 FAMILY REUNION CASES, LOCAL ABSORPTION IN HONG KONG AND THE PROPOSED RASRO TRANSIT CENTRE. AS INDICATED IN OUR TELNO 2057 (1985), OUR
ABILITY TO PERSUADE OTHERS TO DO MORE WILL BE GREATLY ASSISTED IF
WE CAN RESPOND POSITIVELY ON ANY OF THESE POINTS. WE SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO SAY MUCH ON THE FIRST, EXCEPT THAT HMG HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING FURTHER LIMITED NUMBERS OF VIETNAMESE
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