27 APR 1988
PTAAEC
DISC
HKD 243/7
FROM:
CO Hum
Hong Kong Department
DATE:
Private Secretary
20 April 1988
765
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: MP'S LETTER TO SECRETARY OF STATE
Problem
A
1. A letter from the Rt Hon Michael RD Heseltine MP enclosing a
letter from a constituent, Mrs M Crouch of Shiplake, about a
Vietnamese refugee in Hong Kong, Le Van Dong.
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that the Secretary of State replies on the lines of
the attached draft, which has been prepared in consultation with the
Hong Kong Government.
Background
3. Mrs M Crouch has visited the Hei Ling Chau refugee camp and while there met Le Van Dong, the young refugee who is the subject
of her letter. Her main concern is to establish the cause of the
delay in Le Van Dong's resettlement in Canada. It appears from the
advice we have received from Hong Kong that delays of up to six
months are quite normal for those wanting to be resettled in Canada,
after having been accepted there.
Cohen
CO Hum