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GRS 250 UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 07090OZ FCO
TELNO 421
OF 070755Z FEBRUARY 86
AND TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, HKGO BRUSSELS,
INFO PRIORITY HKGO GENEVA, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO WASHINGTON
HKGO LONDON ATTN BEN TANG
HKGO BRUSSELS ATTN NIGEL FRENCH
HKGO GENEVA ATTN ANTHONY WOO
HKGO NEW YORK ATTN BILL.DORWARD
HKGO WASHINGTON ATTN PETER LO
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YOUR TELNO 244: VIETNAMES REFUGEES
+KK 243/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
07 FEB 1986
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EXCO CONSIDERED TWO MEMORANDA ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES YESTERDAY
MORNING.
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2. AS REGARDS XCC(86)22, MEMBERS NOTED THE REACTION TO HMG'S
DECISION TO ACCEPT FAMILY REUNION CASES FROM HONG KONG AND ITS
IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG. THEY ADVISED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE
ADDITIONAL RESETTLEMENT PLACES RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF HMG'S
INITIATIVE, HONG KONG SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCEPT 20 ETHNIC CHINESE
REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT EACH MONTH UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 250 ON
THE BASIS OF CRITERIA SET OUT IN THE MEMORANDUM.
3. ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSAL TO ACCEPT ETHNIC CHINESE FOR RESETTLEMENT
IN HONG KONG WILL NOT BE KEPT SECRET, NO PUBLICITY WILL BE INITIATED IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ATTRACTING MORE REFUGEES
FROM VIETNAM. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON
THE FACT THAT THOSE SELECTED DO NOT (NOT) MEET THE RESETTLEMENT
CRITERIA OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND ARE LONG STAYERS. AMONG THE
FIRST TO BE CONSIDERED WILL BE THE 1500 IN KAN TAK WHO HAVE BEEN
HERE SINCE 1979.
4. AS PEGAPDS XCC(86)23, EXCO ADVISED THAT, IN PRINCIPLE, A RASRO
TRANSIT CENTRE AS DESCRIBED IN THE MEMORANDUM SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED
IN HONG KONG AND NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE OPENED WITH UNHCR ON THE
DETAILS WITH A VIEW TO SEEKING AGREEMENT REACHED.
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