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the West. We believe that our success so far in getting across
the deterrent message of the screening/repatriation policy has
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substantially-reduced this risk.
8. We have also carefully considered whether our reception facilities and statutory services could deal with an increased flow of refugees. The voluntary agencies argue that they could We are more cautious. The agencies and statutory services have
not coped with such numbers in recent years though they did
manage 40 per month during parts of 1985-86 and 1986-87 without
undue difficulties. We judge it right to go for about 40 per
month again rather than to try untested figures. If sustained
From now over a period of 2 years this would amount to an additional
commitment of 1000.
Details of a possible package on these lines
are set out in an annex to this minute.
9. The proposed package seeks to take in both people who have a greater ability to adapt to life in this country and to make a success of the opportunity we are offering, and also the
longstayers for whom the humanitarian case is strongest. The
Hong Kong government have offered to assist in identifying suitable candidates for us. Among those with potential to settle here, the Training Agency will be able to help with the assessments on which final selection will be made by immigration
officials. Other countries have already creamed off the more skilled refugees: it would be difficult and would give the wrong signals to go further towards an exclusively skills based package at this stage.
10. We have in the past had problems with resettling boat people here and those problems are not going to disappear entirely.
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However with initial selection of refugees on the basis proposed,
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programmes provided [by Save the Children Fund in camps in Hong Kong and, after arrival in the UK, good linkages into the new
Employment Training programme (which provides individual assessments and training programmes to enhance the employment and self employment prospects of those using it) can reduce