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POSITION IS GIVEN IN THE SUB-PARAGRAPHS (A)-(J) BELOW.
AUSTRIA: LUR INDICATED THAT THE AUSTRIANS WERE
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
CONSIDERING THE LIST OF CASES SUBMITTED BY UNHCR IN HONG
KONG.
BELGIUM: ALTHOUGH UNHCR ARE NOT OPTIMISTIC, GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD URGE THEM TO AGREE AND ASK ABOUT PROGRESS WITH THE NEW LIST OF FAMILY REUNION CASES (OUR TELNO 2 TO
BRUSSELS).
DENMARK: THE DANES WISH UNHCR TO FORWARD DETAILS OF CASES. UNHCR WAS WAS TO APPROACH DANES IN HONG KONG AND GENEVA WITH A LIST (FCO TELNO 5 TO COPENHAGEN). GRATEFUL FOR ANY NEWS OF HOW MANY PLACES IN 1986 DANISH QUOTA MIGHT BE ALLOCATED TO REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG (YOUR TELNO
21).
FINLAND: UNHCR WROTE TO FINNISH CONSULATE IN HONG KONG ENCLOSING LIST (HONG KONG TELNO 164). LUR INDICATED THAT HONG KONG MIGHT BE ALLOCATED HALF A REGIONAL QUOTA OF
100.
FRG:
HAS THIS HAPPENED YET?
PARA 8 OF YOUR TELNO 21 INDICATED THAT FRG IS ' CONTINUING EFFORTS ON FAMILY REUNION CASES'. LUXEMBOURG: UNHCR'S LUXEMBOURG REPRESENTATIVE IS TO BE INVITED TO DISCUSS HONG KONG REFUGEES WITH RELEVANT MINISTRIES, WHO HAVE RECEIVED NO (NO) FORMAL APPROACH FROM UNHCR (HKD (BARTON)'S LETTER OF 29 JANUARY TO WOODHOUSE, HONG KONG). HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONTACT YET BETWEEN UNHCR AND LUXEMBOURG?
(G)
(H)
NETHERLANDS: YOUR TEO 21 REPORTED THAT THE DUTCH WOULD REACH A DECISION ON ACCEPTING REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG ONCE THE DECISION ON LOCAL ABSORPTION WAS KNOWN. WISH ANY FORMAL REQUEST TO EMANATE FROM UNHCR. NORWAY: UNHCR IN HONG KONG SENT A LIST OF NAMES TO THE NORWEGIANS THERE (HONG KONG TEL 202). LUR INDICATED THAT UNHCR WILL BE INVITED TO SUGGEST HOW NORWAY'S GLOBAL QUOTA OF 1250 MIGHT BE ALLOCATED.
THEY
(I)
SWEDEN: SUBSEQUENT TO THE REPORT IN YOUR TELNO 21 THAT
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