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4.. TALKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA ABOUT THIS PROBLEM TOOK PLACE OVER SEVERAL MONTHS AND HAVE NOW BEEN CONCLUDED. DETAILS OF THE UNDERSTANDING PEACHED CANNOT BE DISCLOSED BUT FOR YOUR CON INFORATION THE KENYA GOVERNMENT HAVE UNDERTAKEN BOTH NOT

TO PROSECUTE PEOPLE WAITING IN THE QUEUE FOR VOUCHERS WHOSE RESIDENCE PERMITS HAVE EXPIRED, AND ALSO TO TAKE BACK CERTAIN GUEUE JUMPERS. THIS SHOULD PESULT IN FEWER ''SHUTTLECOCK''

CASES. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAVE DECIDED TO ACT NOW, BEFORE THE TALKS WITH UGANDA HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED, PRIMARILY BECAUSE

OF THE BUILD-UP OF URGENT CASES IN KENYA, AND BECAUSE IT IS

CONSIDERED UNDESIRABLE TO DELAY TOO LONG NOW THAT AN UNDERSTANDING

HAS BEEN REACHED WITH THE KENYANS. IT IS HOPED THAT A SIMILAR

UNDERSTANDING WILL BE REACHED WITH THE NEW REGIME IN UGANDA.

EFFECT OF QUOTA INCREASES

5.. THE DOUBLING OF THE QUOTA CF 1,500 VOUCHERS A YEAR FOR HEADS

OF HOUSEHOLDS WILL PRODUCE AN ANNUAL INTAKE OF SOME 12,000 PERSONS A YEAR (WHEN DEPENDANTS ARE INCLUDED), AS COMPARED WITH ABOUT

6,320 A YEAR AT PRESENT. THE ONCE-FOR-ALL' ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF 1,50% VOUCHERS (TO RELIEVE THE GREAT PRESSURE ON

THE QUEUE) WILL PRODUCE A FURTHER 6,202 PERSONS THIS YEAR.

OVER 8,200 HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS, MOSTLY IN KENYA AND UGANDA, HAVE

APPLIED FOR VOUCHERS. THIS MEANS THAT THERE ARE AT PRESENT OVER

33,000 PERSONS WAITING TO COME HERE. THE INCREASE IN THE RATE CF ISSUE OF VOUCHERS WILL NOT ALLOW THEM ALL TO COME AT ONCE, BUT

IT WILL ENABLE THE URGENT CASES TO BE DEALT WITH QUICKLY.

6.. THE ALLOCATION OF VOUCHERS BETWEEN KENYA, UGANDA AND TANZANIA

IS PRIMARILY A MATTER FOR ARRANGEMNT BETWEEN THE BRITISH HIGH

COMMISSIONS IN THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED, ACCORDING TO INDIVIDUAL

NEEDS, WHICH FLUCTUATE CONSIDERABLY FROM TIME TO TIME. PRIORITY

IS GIVEN TO FERSONS UNDER THE GREATEST PRESSURE TO LEAVE, BUT

ACCOUNT IS ALSO TAKEN OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND UNEMPLOYMENT, AND

THE INCREASED ALLOCATION OF VOUCHERS WILL ENABLE MORE ATTENTION

TO BE PAID TO THESE MATTERS.

EFFECT ON NUMBERS ADMITTED TO THIS.COUNTRY.

7.. THE DOUBLING OF THE QUOTA OF 1,538 SPECIAL VOUCHERS A YEAR

WILL PRODUCE AN ANNUAL INTAKE OF SOME 12,030 FERSONS: AND

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THE ONCE-FOR- ALL' ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF 1,522 VOUCHERS

WILL PRODUCE A FURTHER 6,003 PERSONS THIS YEAR.

THIS YEAR.

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