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MDHOAN 9593
NOTICE ON ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG.
THIS WAS A FORM OF DETERRENT WHICH CHALLENGED
THE PRINCIPLE OF FIRST ASYLUM.
(H) IF THE SCREENED OUT WERE TO BE PLACED IN CAMPS THAT AMOUNTED
TO DETENTION CENTRES, THERE WOULD BE DIFFICULTIES FOR UNHCR.
(I) AS FOR THE SCREENED IN, UNHCR REQUIRED FURTHER DETAILS AS TO
THE TERMS OF LIBERALISATION AND THE PERIOD OVER WHICH IT WOULD BE
IMPLEMENTED.
(J) IT WAS ACCEPTED THAT THE BASIS OF THE CRITERIA FOR SCREENING
WOULD BE THE 1951 CONVENTION. UNHCR WAS NOT PREPARED TO EXCLUDE
THE APPLICATION OF WIDER QUOTE HUMARITARIAN CRITERIA UNQUOTE THAT
HAD WORKED WELL IN THE INDO-CHINESE SITUATION UNTIL VERY
RECENTLY,
(K) THERE DID SEEM TO BE WIDESPREAD COERCION, IF
NOT PERSECUTION, IN VIETNAM.
(L) HOCKE EMPHASIZED THAT HIS OFFICE WAS NOT ARGUING FOR
CRITERIA THAT WOULD ENABLE SAY 80 PC OF ARRIVALS TO QUALIFY, BUT IT
WOULD BE ARGUING FOR ACCEPTED HUMANITARIAN CRITERIA WHICH COULD
BE APPLICABLE TO THE WHOLE REGION.
COMMENT
3. THE POINTS HOCKE HAS MADE ARE GENERALLY IN LINE WITH THOSE MADE
TO US BY BAYANDOR AND BARI. IT IS REASSURING TO RECEIVE
CONFIRMATION FROM HOCKE THAT HE STRONGLY WISHES TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE SCREENING PROCESS, SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
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LEGAL ADVISERS
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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