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FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO IMMEDIATE FCO . TELNO 267
OF 121619Z MAY 89
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, PARIS, HANOI, MANILA
YOUR TELNO 1006 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
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1 FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IN THE COORDINATING COMMITTE MEETING IN GENEVA ON 19/20 APRIL, I HAVE DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF AN OVERSPILL OR HOLDING CENTRE INFORMALLY WITH PURCELL, AMERICAN DIRECTOR OF THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR MIGRATION (ICM). PURCELL, WHO WAS FORMERLY WITH REFUGEE SECTION OF STATE DEPARTMENT AND INVOLVED IN ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BATAAN CENTRE, BELIEVES THAT ICM COULD PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN GETTING THIS IDEA UNDER WAY. HE SUGGESTS THAT THE CONCEPT BE FURTHER DISCUSSED IN THE PRE-ICIR COORDINATING COMMITTEE MEETING 25/26 MAY, AND IS PREPARING AN INFORMAL PAPER WHICH HE WILL LET ME HAVE ON A PERSONAL BASIS NEXT WEEK.
2. HIS BASIC IDEA IS FOR TWO CENTRES FOR THE SCREENED-OUT (ONE IN A FIRST ASYLUM COUNTRY AND ONE IN VIETNAM) TO FACILITATE THE RETURN OF NON-REFUGEES. IT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE GENERALLY AGREED THAT THE ONLY ROUTE FOR EMIGRATION FROM VIETNAM AND RESETTLEMENT IN THIRD COUNTRIES WOULD BE DIRECT FROM VIETNAM (I.E. AN EXPANDED ODP).
4. PURCELL HAS ASKED THAT WE DO NOT REFER TO HIS IDEAS WITH HOCKE AS HE HAS NOT HAD A RECENT OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THESE WITH HIM AND DOES NOT WISH TO PUT STRAINS ON HIS RELATIONS WITH UNHCR.
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