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Action Takan
DATE: 17 June 1986
Private Secretary
cc Dr Wilson
PS/Mr Renton
Mr Fowler, NAD
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: RESETTLEMENT IN CANADA
Problem
1.
written to the
The Canadian High Commissioner has
Secretary of State to
to confirm that Canada has increased its
1986 resettlement quota for Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong by a further 450 places. How should we respond?
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that the Secretary of State reply along
the lines of the attached draft. NAD concur.
Background and Argument
3.
8,500 Vietnamese refugees are in Hong Kong awaiting resettlement. They are spending increasingly long periods in Hong Kong because of diminishing resettlement prospects. 64% have been there for more than 3 years.
4.
Government's reply last The
to reply last September
that Vietnamese refugees stated Report on other countries to accept more Vietnamese refugees from
SCORRI's
we would press
Hong Kong in the light of
our
own decision to resettle
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