TNAG-0587-FCO40-720-Aid-from-UK-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 60

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2. THE UNHCR ARE FULLY INFORMED OF THIS CASE. THEY TELL US THAT AS A RESULT OF INTERVIEWS CARRIED OUT WHILE THE QUOTE BUNGA TANJONG UNQUOTE WAS IN JAPAN, IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT 8 OF THE REFUGEES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THE USA AND WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY

GO THERE IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. OF THE REMAINING THREE ONE HAS A CLOSE RELATIVE IN FRANCE AND ONE HAS CLAIMED A RELATIVE IN BELGIUM. IN SHORT, THE UNHCR FORESEE DIFFICULTIES WITH ONLY ONE OF THIS LATEST GROUP.

3. UNHCR HAVE ASSURED US THAT THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO ARRANGE THE RESETTLEMENT OF THE OTHER REFUGEES LISTED IN HONG KONG TELNO 1053.

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