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REFUGEES FOR WHOM THE UNHCR HAS BEEN UNABLE TO ARRANGE

SETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THEIR LANDING IN JAPAN.

YOU SHOULD ADD THAT THE UNHCR HAVE ASSURED US THAT THEY WILL

MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RESETTLE THE REFUGEES DURING THIS PERIOD, AND THAT WE HOPE THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES WILL GIVE EVERY

POSSIBLE CO-OPERATION, INCLUDING THE EXTENSION OF THE 30-DAY

LIMIT IF THIS IS NECESSARY.

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ONCE TOKYO HAVE TAKEN ACTION, WE SHALL BE PREPARED TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED ASSURANCES

FROM THE UNHCR THAT THEY WILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO RESETTLE

THE REFUGEES ELSEWHERE DURING THE INTERVENING PERIOD, AND WILL BE

RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CARE AND MAINTENANCE WHILE THEY ARE IN JAPAN. BUT, IN VIEW OF THE HUMANITARIAN CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAVE TOLD THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT THAT ANY REFUGEES WHO HAVE NOT BEEN RESETTLED ELSEWHERE WITHIN 30

DAYS OF THEIR LANDING IN JAPAN MAY BE ADMITTED TO THE UK.

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