TNAG-0653-FCO40-802-Previously-closed-extract-Folio-87.-Now-released-and-reunite-1977 — Page 113

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RECEIVED AFGISTRY NO. 51.

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TO ROUTINE BANGKOK TELNO 118 OF 19 APRIL 1977,

INFO UKMIS GENEVA, HONG HONG, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE, DJAKARTA, MANILA, BRUNEI, TOKYO.

YOUR TELNO 300 (TO F C O AND UKMIS GENEVA ONLY):

QUOTE SMALL BOAT REFUGEES UNQUOTE

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1, WHEN WE INFORMED UNHCR IN JANUARY THAT THE UK WOULD TAKE UP TO 116 OF THE QUOTE SMALL BOAT UNQUOTE REFUGEES, WE SAID WE WOULD EXPECT THE MAJORITY OF THEM TO COME FROM AMONG THOSE LANDED AT HONG KONG. WE ALSO SAID THAT THOSE APPLYING MUST BE PERSONALLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND THAT WE WOULD EXPECT THEIR ENTRY INTO THE UK TO BE SPREAD OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

2. WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED INTO THE UK, 21 REFUGEES FROM

THE ABOVE QUOTA WHO HAD BEEN LANDED IN JAPAN.

3. SINCE THERE ARE PRESENTLY NO REFUGEES IN HONG KONG WHO WISH TO COME TO THE UK, WE HAVE INFORMED UNHCR HERE THAT WE WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM QUOTE SMALL BOAT UNQUOTE REFUGEES IN OTHER PARTS OF SOUTH EAST ASIA.

4. WE ACCEPT THAT PART OF OUR NORMAL CRITERIA (I E CLOSE TIES WITH THE UK AND SPONSORSHIP BY SOMEONE HERE) WILL HAVE TO BE WAIVED IN THESE CASES. THE APPLICANTS, HOWEVER, MUST BE PERSONALLY ACCEPTABLE UNDER THE IMMIGRATION RULES.

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