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CONFIDENT LA”.
HKD 243/12
ROTAAF
PROPOSED NEW RESETTLEMENT COMMITMENT FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IN
HONG KONG
1.
A new commitment of 1,000 is proposed on the following basis:
(i) continuation of the present family reunion scheme on the
existing basis once the present quota of 468 is exhausted
in May or June 1989. About another 200 meet the same
family reunion criteria: they would continue to be
resettled at a rate of 20 a month;
(ii) an additional quota which might be drawn from the
following categories:
(a) "UK refusal cases";
(b) long-stayers;
(c) refugees selected on the basis of skills;
(d) refugees sponsored by organisations or individuals
Resettlement under this heading would begin now and run at
an additional 10 a month until resettlement under (i) is
exhausted, and thereafter at 30 a month.
2.
Under this proposal resettlement would be at the rate of about
30 a month. It would stretch over about 3 years, until the end of
1991.
CONFIDENTIAL