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HE WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER THE LONG TERM EFFECT OF DETENTION ON
REFUGEES: IF THEY BECAME QUOTE INSTITUTIONALISED UNQUOTE, IT WOULD BE MUCH HARDER FOR THEM TO RESUME NORMAL LIFE ELSEWHERE
AND RESETTLEMENT WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY GRANTED RESETTLEMENT. COUNTRIES WOULD BECOME MORE AND MORE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT SUCH PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD BE
DIFFICULT TO INTEGRATE SOCIALLY.
WE SHALL SEND YOU DETAILS OF M. HOCKE'S OTHER MEETINGS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WITH THE HOME
SECRETARY, AS SOON AS WE CAN.
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