ME2ALI
Dr Wilson
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RE:
HKK 243/1
HKK 243/9
23 JUL 1986
103
FROM:
DATE:
Естрасый
C Of Hum
July 1986
IN:
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:
RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN
THY
.on Taken
1.
Your minute of 7 July:
occurred since the speaking
follows:
the only changes which have
note was drafted are as
(a)
(b)
Para
2:
Hong Kong's Vietnamese refugee population
is now 8,200, of whom 67% have been in Hong Kong for
over 3 years.
Para 9: 346 were resettled in UK up to 30 June:
offtake of 40 per month continues (pro
monthly tem).
(c)
Para 10:
there have been the
the following additional
offers of resettlement places:
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
29
500 (ie a new allocation of 450)
50
France
15
Luxembourg
12
Norway
75
(d)
General:
Japan has
mentioned in para 11 of
resettled
the
the five cases
submission:
four in
April and one in May.
7 July 1986
Cotten
CO Hum
Hong Kong Department
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