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JAGISTRY
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FM COPENHAGEN
TO DESKBY 03083OZ FCO
TELNO 0252
OF 0215O5Z OCTOBER 86
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AND TO DESKBY 03083OZ UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 324 TO ATHENS VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG:
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SUMMARY
1
THE MFA HAVE EXPLAINED CURRENT POLICY. NO DETAILS ABOUT THE HANDLING OF THIS YEAR'S QUOTA BUT ALL FAMILY REUNION CASES SAID
TO BE RESOLVED. THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENT HEAD WILL BE IN GENEVA FOR
THE UNHCR EXECUTIVE MEETING FROM 6 OCTOBER.
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2. WE REPORTED (OUR TELNO 144) THAT 50 PLACES IN DENMARK'S 1986 QUOTA HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. THE
MFA NOW TELL US HOWEVER THAT THIS FIGURE RELATES TO ALL VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES IE FROM THE WHOLE SOUTH EAST ASIAN AREA. THE MFA HAVE
EXPLAINED THAT THIS FIGURE IS PART OF A QUOTA FOR ALL REFUGEES OF
250 AND SAY THAT IN INTER-MINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS THEY HAD INDICATED
THEY WISHED TO SEE PRIORITY GIVEN TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, IMPLYING
THIS WAS ONE REASON WHY 20% OF THEIR QUOTA HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO
THEM.
3. WE ENQUIRED WHAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN MEETING THE 1986
QUOTA. THE MFA UNDERTOOK TO ENQUIRE. THEY HAVE SINCE TOLD US THAT
THE DIRECTORATE OF ALIENS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE THE
INFORMATION IN TIME TO MEET YOUR DEADLINE. (THE DIRECTORATE IS
CURRENTLY HEAVILY PRESSED SINCE THE ISSUE OF REFUGEES HAS BECOME A
CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL POINT HERE).
4. SO FAR AS FAMILY REUNION CASES ARE CONCERNED, HOWEVER, THE MFA TOLD US THAT THE ALIENS DIRECTORATE SAY THAT ALL THOSE ON THE LIST
WHICH WE SENT TO THE MFA IN JANUARY (AND TO WHICH REFERENCE WAS MADE IN THE ALIENS DIRECTORATE'S LETTER ENCLOSED WITH HART'S 26 AUGUST LETTER TO MISS WALKER IN GENEVA) HAVE RECEIVED RESIDENCE PERMITS.
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