CMIAN 7921
CONFIDENTIAL
OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
041630Z JUL
GRS 890
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1346
OF 041630Z JULY 86
CONFIDENTIAL
47921
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MEGEIVED IN RÜGISTRY
7.UL 1980
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, HANOI, BANGKOK, KUALA LUMPUR
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OUR TELNO 1182 (NOT TO ALL): VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
FURTHER TO PARA 2 OF TUR WE ARE NOW PREPARING A
SUBMISSION TO MINISTERS ON FUTURE POLICY TOWARDS VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. THE MAIN PROPOSALS IN OUR DRAFT
SUBMISSION ARE LIKELY TO BE AS FOLLOWS:
(A)
(B)
2.
WE SHOULD SEEK TO PERSUADE THE HOME OFFICE TO AGREE TO A
FURTHER INTAKE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG.
WHILE INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION IN VIETNAM IS NOT A
POSSIBLE OPTION NOW OR IN THE MEDIUM TERM WE SHOULD BEGIN
CONSULTATION WITH RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES, FIRST ASYLUM
COUNTRIES AND THE UNHCR ON THE LONGTERM PROBLEM OF
'ECONOMIC MIGRANTS' IN SOUTH EAST ASIA.
WE PROPOSE IN OUR SUBMISSION TO NOTE THAT BY THE END OF
AUGUST THE UK OFFTAKE FROM HONG KONG SHOULD BE NEAR ITS ARBITRARY
SCORRI LIMIT OF 500 PLACES. WE THEN REVIEW THE SUCCESS OF OUR
DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN. WE NOTE THAT MOST OF THE ADDITIONAL OFFERS
OF RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE WE HAVE RECEIVED WILL BE FULFILLED
DURING 1986, THAT IN 1987 WE SHALL BE LEFT WITH ONLY THE MAJOR
RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMMES - US, AUSTRALIA AND CANADA AND THAT THE
PROSPECTS EVEN FOR THESE PROGRAMMES IN 1987 ARE UNCERTAIN.
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