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AUSTRALIA (200) AND CANADA (50), THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES HAVE OFFERED NEW RESETTLEMENT PLACES: FINLAND (AT LEAST 70), GREECE (6), NETHERLANDS (AT LEAST 80), NEW ZEALAND (19), SWEDEN (100). THE US HAS NOT SET A CEILING FOR RESETTLEMENT FROM HONG KONG IN ITS CURRENT FY, BUT IS RESETTLING REFUGEES AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF SOME 1800, 200 ABOVE THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S CEILING. WE EXPECT SEVERAL
OTHER COUNTRIES TO RESPOND POSITIVELY SOON, AND ARE
PRESSING THE REMAINDER HARD FOR A REPLY. WE HAVE
APPROACHED OVER 20 FRIENDS AND ALLIES AND ARE GRATEFUL
FOR THEIR RESPONSE SO FAR, AND FOR THE PARALLEL EFFORTS
OF UNHCR IN THIS REGARD.
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