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30.
Hong Kong
have proposed
that we
make a
"package"
E
approach to
the
Home Office
(Hong
Te lno
1875),
including family reunion cases,
is
Kong
"hard to resettle" cases,
and "UK refusal" cases (230 refugees deemed to have turned down UK offers of resettlement in 1980-81). Although this
more complex a
have previously complex approach than those we considered it is one that we might also explore with the
from obtain we Office particularly if
but numbers
unable to agreement
agree
criteria to be used to fill them.
Home
as to
can
are
them
an
on
the
31.
t would be sensible to discuss the various options informally with the Home Office before deciding precisely what approach would have the best chance of acceptance. for a new intake Our formal bid should probably then be
but we might very which went beyond family reunion cases:
limited new
based on
have to well
intake or
settle
in
even
no more
the
than
end for a more
compromise a
a
continuation of the current programme.
in the
a
32. In approaching the Home Office on the need for further UK resettlement we should stress that the only way to make a continued impact
is by on Hong Kong's refugee problem resettlement (coupled with increased
continuation of a
deterrent to new
new arrivals,
form of closed camps); and other countries will not resettle more refugees without another exemplary gesture by UK. We should argue that are now in a position to meet the conditions set out in the Government's Reply to SCORRI (para 4 above):
(a) We can now assess the "willingness shown by countries to respond to Hong Kong's
While we may
other
needs" mentioned in the Reply.
not yet know the exact numbers to be taken by all the other countries we have approached, the diplomatic
we
have indications
that
campaign
has
1,000 generated
"new"
places
we
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