CONFIDENTIAL
PROPOSED ADDITIONAL RESETTLEMENT COMMITMENT FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT
PEOPLE IN HONG KONG
i. An additional commitment of 1,000 is proposed, to run from now on the following basis:
an extension of the present family reunion scheme to about another 200 who meet the same family reunion criteria:
b) an additional quota of around 800 selected from those in
want to come to Hong Kong who (apply for settlement in the UK giving
particular weight to:
i) family groups Father
ar unattached-
the
duals,
A
ill refugees with potential more quickly to become self sufficient in the UK;
iii) refugees with -ether than family links with the UK
individuals through contacts with organisations or
here;
did not take up
ivi those who have turned down earlier
inadvertently
UK offers,
thereby making themselves ineligible for resettlement
elsewhere;
2.
v) long stayers.
Under this proposa! resettlement of the 1000 would begin as soon as practicable with 20 per month until the present family reunion scheme expires in May or June next year and continue with
It would stretch over about 2 years. 40 per month thereafter.
(cd16/fd)