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There are clear indications from Oslo that Norway would take
100 refugees from Hong Kong. Despite this, the Norwegian
representatives in Geneva would not (not) confirm that
Norway would make any response to HMG's initiative.
The
Norwegian representative in Hong Kong recently announced that his
country would take 100 in response to our appeal for Open Centre
Comment - The best course of action is to wait
resettlement.
and see what formal response is received from Oslo.
5. Austria
The Austrian representatives in Hong Kong and
Genova have made it clear that Austria has many other refugee
problems to consider. They said it would be unlikely to agree
to accepting any refugees from Hong Kong. When pressed, however,
they agreed to look. at family reunion cases. A list of
27 refugees with close
relations in Austria has been
passed to the Austrian representative in Hong Kong.
Comment Vienna is unlikely to do more than take family
reunion cases from Hong Kong.
6.
Denmark The Danish representatives said that their
government would respond only to an approach from the UNHCR.
The Danes have confirmed their willingness to help by offering
the fow remaining places out of their 1985 refugee quota of 250
to the UNHCR for Hong Kong. Comment - The Danes pioneered the
ten-or-more scheme for disabled refugees and therefore a
specific approach to them on behalf of the fewer than 100
disabled refugees in Hong Kong might prove successful.
7. Finland The Finns have been very pleased with the way
in which Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong have settled down
in Finland. They have agreed to take a further 100 Vietnamese
refugees, the majority of them from Hong Kong. It appears
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