GRS 1601
RESTRICTED
FM OTTAWA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 301
OF 2723OOZ MAY 86
RESTRICTED
INFO ROUTINE CANBERRA, HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
YOUR TELNO 261 TO CANBERRA:
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
102)
1. THE STATE OF PLAY HS MUCH AS DESCRIBED IN OUR TELNO 92 (NOT TO
CANBERRA).
2. THE REVIEW IN MARCH CONFIRMED THE EXTRA REALLOCATION OF 450, WHICH, ADDED TO THE FORMAL ALLOCATION OF 650, BRINGS THE 1986 TOTAL TO 1100. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CANADIANS HAVE NOTIFIED
HONG KONG.
3. EXTERNAL REGULARLY CONDUCT AN INFORMAL REVIEW IN JULY AND AUGUST EACH YEAR TO ESTIMATE WHETHER THEIR GLOBAL PROGRAMME FOR REFUGEES IS ON TRACK. IF THEY FORESEE A SHORTFALL THEY ARE ABLE TO ALLOCATE MORE PLACES TO EG VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS IN JULY, BUT SHEEHAN'S BEST GUESS ON CURRENT INDICATORS IS THAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO FIND THAT THEIR GLOBAL PROGRAMME H'S ON TRACK, AND THAT THERE IS THUS NO ROOM FOR A SUPPLE-
MENTARY ALLOCATION.
4.
SHEEHAN HAS RECENTLY SENT INSTRUCTIONS TO CANADA HOUSE TO CALL ON THE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN THAT THE EXTRA ALLOCATION OF 450 IS 'N RECOGNITION OF HMG'S COMMITMENT TO TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG, AND TO EXPLORE WHAT WE AND HONG KONG HOPE TO BE ABLE TO DO, OURSELVES, IN THE WAY OF RESETTLEMENT IN THE PERIOD AHEAD. OUR RESPONSE WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THIS AUTUMN WHEN THE CANADIANS DECIDE ON THEIR OWN ALLOCATIONS FOR 1987. SHEEHAN STRESSES THAT THEY SEE THIS VERY
MUCH AS A COLLABORATIVE EXERCISE.
DAY
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MAN 243/9
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