GRS 250
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FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
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F3
1-KK 243/1
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0 4 MAR 1985
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PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
TELNO 655
OF 030945Z MARCH 86
INFO ROUTINE TOKYO, UKMIS GENEVA
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TOKYO'S TELNO 217: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : RESETTLEMENT
THE UNHCR HERE HAS INFORMED US THAT THE JAPANESE RESETTLEMENT
CRITERIA ARE :
(A) HEAD OF FAMILY SHOULD BE BETWEEN 20 AND 45 YEARS OF AGE.
(B) THERE SHOULD BE LESS THAT 4 DEPENDANTS, INCLUDING SPOUSE.
(C) HEAD OF FAMILY SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 6 YEARS OF SCHOOLING.
(D) HEAD SHOULD HAVE JOB EXPERIENCE WHICH MAY FACILITATE HIS
IMPLOYMENT IN JAPAN.
(E) ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD BE IN GOOD HEALTH.
2. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE MN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL FAMILY
REUNION CRITERIA.
3. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PARA 1 (D) ABOVE, IT IS NOT (NOT) DIFFICULT
TO FIND CANDIDATES IN HONG KONG AND WE THINK THAT SUGANUMA HS
BEING DISINGENUOUS.
4. AN UNSTATED CRITERIA IS WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT RESETTLEMENT IN
JAPAN. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE JAPANESE MISSIONS PAY PARTICULAR
ATTENTION TO THIS AND REJECT THOSE WHO DISPLAY EVEN THE SLIGHTEST
HESITATION WHEN ASKED TO CONFIRM THEIR WILLINGNESS TO GO.
5. ANOTHER PROBLEM CONCERNS JAPANESE NFLEXIBILITY. THERE HAVE
BEEN CASES WHERE THEY HAVE JUDGED SOME MEMBERS OF A FAMILY
SUITABLE AND OTHERS UNSUITABLE: THEY ACCEPT THE FORMER AND REJECT THE LATTER, THEREBY ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT THE FAMILY. THE UNHCR HERE PS NEGOTIPATING WITH THE JAPANESE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED A SISTER BUT
NOT (NOT) HERE ACCOMPANYING BROTHER.
6. MIFT CONTAINS AN EXTRACT FROM A REPORT WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED
FROM THE UNHCR ON THE TWO MISSIONS FROM JAPAN (IN MARCH AND
DECEMBER 1985)
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