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MEETING ON INDO/CHINESE REFUGEES

1. ON 20 SEPTEMBER MR POUL HARTLING, UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES, ADDRESSED A MEETING OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MAJOR COUNTIRES OF FIRST ASYLUM AND COUNTRIES OF ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF INDO/CHINESE REFUGEES. THIS WAS FOLLOWED ON 21 SEPTEMBER BY A FURTHER SESSION CHAIRED BY THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SAMPATKUMAR.

2. FULL TEXTS OF THE WORKING PAPERS AND STATEMENTS BY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES FOLLOW BY BAG. THE MEETING PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CONCERNED TO AIR VIEWS, THOUGH LITTLE SIGNIFICANTLY NEW EMERGED. THE HONG KONG DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, BRIDGE, WAS ABLE TO RECORD DIFFICULTIES CONFRONTING HONG KONG OF WHICH MANY PRESENT WERE UNAWARE.

3. IN SUMMING UP ON THE SECOND DAY HOMANN-HERIMBERG OF UNHCR GENEVE SAID HIS CONSULTATIONS WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES SHOVED THAT THEY HOPED TO RAISE THE REFUGEE QUESTION DURING THE FORTHCOMING MINISTERIAL MEETING IN NOVEMBER AS IN THE US/ASEAN DIALOGUE,

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