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In Vietnamese Governement eyes, ог who have previously been detained in "re-education" camps ог who have relatives in the
Together with UNHCR, we camps.
the have approached
Vietnamese authorities on behalf of such cases. We have also spoken out at
UNHCR meetings on this question, i.e. urging the Vietnamese to
take a more humanitarian attitude.
5.
also wish to let
let the French know informally of
of the post-SCORRI 'diplomatic
Dutch
You
may to
ou r
response
campaign'.
The
recently granted a quota of 50 places for Hong Kong but have in fact accepted 70, the balance being 'off- quota' family reunion cases and disabled refugees. There is по other EC response yet; we hope that Belgium, Denmark, Greece and Luxembourg will agree fairly soon to take more refugees. Response from FRG and Ireland will take longer; the Irish are reviewing their global refugee
policy and, in FRG,
in FRG, individual Länder decide upon refugee intakes and we
considering are
Italy, further approaches.
Portugal and Spain have
said that they cannot help.
Elsewhere in Europe, Finland has recently accepted 70
accepted 70 refugees from Hong Kong, and we hope that both Sweden and Norway will announce within a few weeks that they will take some refugees.
6.
Of the three countries who takes most of Hong Kong's
Australia has refugees,
increased its current
from annual quota 400 to 600 and Canada from 600 to 650 (despite a reduction in the
number of total
refugees it accepts from the region). We hope
We that both the se countries will, as in the past, exceed their
by a quotas by few hundred. The US does not operate a quota system
such
however the signs
that
it may
1800-1900 (ie up year
as
are
from Hong
Hong Kong in this fiscal compared with 1600 last year.
7.
some
take
to end September)
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Please let us know if you need any further background before y ou see Warren or any other interlocutor. A favourable decision
the French could give us useful leverage
others leverage with especially
and FRG -
the trouble
taking in this matter.
from
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a re we
grateful for
y ou
are
DJ Barton
Hong Kong Department
cc: K J Woodhouse Esq, HONG KONG
Miss DJ Walker, GENEVA
Mr Nash SEAD
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