3
112243
MDLIAN 6841
UNCLASSIFIED
FM CANBERRA
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 097
OF 242237Z FEBRUARY 92
UNCLASSIFIED
HKD 341/1
2B
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HO
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, OTTAWA, WASHINGTON, ACTOR
Pa.
YOUR TELNO 279 TO HONG KONG: HONG KONG EMIGRATION: AUSTRALIA
SUMMARY
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ALSO A MARKED DECREASE IN APPLICATIONS TO SETTLE IN AUSTRALIA, BUT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS.
DETAIL
2. WE ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ETHNIC AFFAIRS (DILGEA) IF AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE MIRRORED THAT OF CANADA. IN THE FY JULY 1989-JUNE 1990 DILGEA RECEIVED 42,488 MIGRATION APPLICATIONS FROM HONG KONG. THIS FIGURE FELL TO 30,265 IN THE 1990-91 FY. HOWEVER, IN THE 1989-90 FY, 16,044 MIGRATION VISAS WERE ISSUED TO HONG KONG PEOPLE WHEREAS IN 1990-91 FY THE SUCCESS RATE FROM HONG KONG WAS GREATER WITH 19,197 MIGRATION VISAS ISSUED. DILGEA WERE PUZZLED BY THE FALL IN APPLICATIONS AS OVER THE SAME PERIOD THE NUMBER OF PRELIMINARY ENQUIRIES ABOUT SETTLEMENT HAD RISEN BY ABOUT 10 PERCENT TO NEARLY 65,000. DILGEA'S PRELIMINARY VIEW IS THAT THE TERMINATION OF THE BUSINESS MIGRATION PROGRAMME AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEEP AUSTRALIAN RECESSION MAY HAVE DEFLECTED A NUMBER OF WOULD BE APPLICANTS FOR IMMIGRATION.
BARDER
YYYY
MAIN
60
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
PUSD
DISTRIBUTION
64
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PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
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