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·5 JUN 1986
Date 3 June 1986
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Auftún: Taken:
Den Dand,
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG:
1.
RESETTLEMENT IN FRG
19
It
about Hong letter gives the further details
Hong Kong minute to Ambassador's your
your Head of French the Belgian and
both covers
This
in refugees requested
of Chancery,
May. reactions to our
to our request that they accept more refugees from Hong Kong and, for completeness, those of other EC partners who have responded. The Secretary of State also raised this question (as briefed) with Genscher
in Halifax on the margins of the NAC
contacts if 30 May.
asked
the news of any Genscher had set in motion with the governments of the Länder. Genscher said not. He undertook to follow this matter up.
Belgium
2.
the
He
in
there
yet was
in
We have heard, informally and in strict confidence, that addition to some 50 Belgians
to take hope
refugees (possibly 50) family reunion cases. Plence and the Germans to respect this con/idence
France
3.
The French have taken 13 refugees from a list of 135 family more. They reunion cases submitted in December; they may take
have made, informally, encouraging noises about the possibility of will intake
around 10
Kong Hong
who refugees to be run in the camps from this summer by
basic French provide
training language
a
monthly undertake a programme,
of
a
French NGO, to socio-cultural orientation.
and
Greece
4.
Greec
to take 6 (all the
to
We have heard informally that hopes to other Mediterranean partners have expressed themselves unable absorb any refugees).
Luxembourg
5.
We have heard informally that Luxembourg is considering the resettlement of 20 families.
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