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YOUR TELNO 1045 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: RESETTLEMENT OF LE VAN DONG
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1 CANADIAN RESETTLEMENT WORKS ON A QUOTE SYSTEM. NORMALLY,
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REFUGEES IN HONG KONG WHO HAVE BEEN PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTED BY CANADA WOULD HAVE TO WAIT AT LEAST SIX MONTHS FOR A DEPARTURE DATE.
2. LE WAS ACCEPTED BY THE CANADIANS ABOUT A YEAR AGO. WE HAVE
CHECKED WITH THE CANADIAN COMMISSION AND THEY ADVISE THAT THERE IS
NO PARTICULAR PROBLEM WITH HIS CASE, BUT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME
DELAY IN FINALISING RECEPTION ARRANGEMENTS IN CANADA.
3. USUALLY WE ONLY TRANSFER REFUGEES TO ARGYLE STREET RECEPTION CENTRE WHEN THEY HAVE DEFINITE DEPARTURE DATES. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE RECENT INFLUX, WE HAVE BEEN MOVING SOME REFUGEES WHO HAVE FIRM RESETTLEMENT OFFERS (BUT NO DEFINITE DEPARTURE DATES) TO ARGYLE
STREET RECEPTION CENTRE TO RELEASE ACCOMMODATION FOR NEW ARRIVALS IN
THE CLOSED CENTRES AND LE IS ONE OF THEM. THIS ARRANGEMENT
RESULTS IN A LONGER THAN NORMAL WAITING PERIOD IN ARGYLE STREET
FOR SOME REFUGEES AND MAY HAVE BEEN THE REASON FOR LE'S CONCERN. WE SHALL ASK UNHCR TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION TO LE.
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