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MIPT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: LEGCO POLICY DEBATE
FOLLOWING ARE DRAFT LINES FOR INCORPORATION IN YOUR REPLY:
BEGINS
UK RESETTLEMENT
HMG'S 1985 PROGRAMME TO RESETTLE FAMILY REUNION CASES IS
VIRTUALLY COMPLETE: NEARLY 500 REFUGEES HAVE BEEN RESETTLED. AS
HMG UNDERTOOK LAST YEAR, NOW CONSIDERING, IN THE LIGHT OF OTHER
COUNTRIES' RESPONSES TO HONG KONG'S NEEDS AND OF ALL OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT MORE IT AND OTHERS MIGHT NOW DO TO TRY TO
RESOLVE PROBLEM.
OTHER POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
HMG MOST CONCERNED THAT, FOLLOWING OTHER COUNTRIES' AGREEMENT TO TAKE 1,000 EXTRA REFUGEES, AND ITS OWN ACCEPTANCE OF
500, TWICE AS MANY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AS LAST YEAR ARE ARRIVING
IN HONG KONG. RECOGNISE HONG KONG MAY END 1986 WITH ONLY A FEW
LESS HUNDRED REFUGEES IN CAMPS THAN AT BEGINNING OF YEAR.
RESETTLEMENT CAN NO LONGER BE SOLE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
RECOGNISE NEED TO EXPLORE ISSUE IN CONSULTATION WITH OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES, INCLUDING UNHCR.
(DEFENSIVE) (IF ASKED WHAT SOLUTION HMG HAVE IN MIND.)
NO PRECONCEIVED IDEAS: WILL WISH TO KNOW VIEWS OF OTHER
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