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PARIS TELNOS 217 AND 432 TO FCO: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
WE WERE RECENTLY APPROACHED BY AN ORGANISATION KNOWN AS ECOLES SANS
FONTIERES (ESF) WITH A PROPOSAL THAT IT START FRENCH LANGUAGE TRAINING AND CULTURAL ORIENTATION FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN THE CLOSED CENTRES IN HONG KONG. ESF WORK INCLUDES FINDING LOST
RELATIVES AND SPONSORS IN FRANCE FOR REFUGEES.
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2. ESF SAID THAT IT HAD LEARNT FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT THAT
FRANCE WOULD BE ACCEPTING MORE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG (NO FURTHER DETAILS GIVEN). ESF SAID THAT IT WOULD APPROACH THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR A GUARANTEED RESETTLEMENT INTAKE OF 20 PER MONTH BEFORE IT STARTED ITS PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG. EACH COURSE WOULD LAST FOR 6 MONTHS AND INVOLVE UP TO 100 REFUGEES. ESF WOULD CONTRIBUTE 50 PERCENT OF THE PROJECT FUNDS AND PROVIDE TEACHER
TRAINING AND TEACHING AIDS.
3. WE WELCOMED THE ESF PROPOSAL AND HINDHACATED THAT WE COULD ASSIST WITH THE PROVINSHION EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES. WE SAND THAT UNHCR MIGHT HELP WITH THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROJECT FUNDS.
4. WE DO NOT (NOT) KNOW HOW SERIOUSLY THIS PROPOSAL SHOULD BE TAKEN.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN PREPARED TO LISTEN WITHOUT COMMITMENT. WE DO NOT
(NOT) KNOW HOW REALISTIC ARE ESF'S PROPOSALS FOR RESETTLEMENT 'N
FRANCE.
5. HOWEVER, IN VIEW OF PARA 2 OF PARIS TELNO 217, WE WOULD WELCOME
FURTHER INFORMATION ON ESF.
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