HKIAJT
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: PLANS OF RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES
AUSTRALIA
In response to
from Hong Kong for possible
this
that
Our request Australia
the year
to mid-1986
rise to ma y
800
if
spare
has increased its offtake
from 400 to 600. I t
capacity
is
within
Australia's quota for the region permits. This possibility appears
increased by Hong Kong's recent decision to resettle
to
have been
250 refugees locally.
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AUSTRIA
The
Austrian
Government
is examining a list
reunion
cases
to the supplied
27 of
Austrian Consulate General
family
in Hong
Kong.
BELGIUM
The
Belgian
Government is
considering
reunion cases from Hong Kong.
CANADA
CU
list of
51
family
The Canadian Government has
refugees
from
Hong Kong
quota for Vietnamese
despite 1986,
increased
its
from 600 to
650
for
a
The Canadians expect that,
reduction in the general quota for 1986. as in the last two years, they may offer 400 Hong Kong when re-allocating unused places.
Canadians will decide how
March, and the rest in July/August.
to re-allocate
-
- 500 mo re
places
to
We understand that the
of some
these
places
in