UNCLASSIFIED
FM IMMIGRATION HONG KONG (MR BRIT, HKK 243/1
HON ONG)
TO FOD LONDON
་་ ་་་་་
20 FEB://Y
AT PRESENT IN
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FOLLOWING FOR M.E. HEAD, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, 11 DIVISION, HOME
OFFICE, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE FROM BRIT (VISITING HONG KONG). SELECTION OF REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THE UK
WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED OUR ELS ON PROCEDURES FOR THIS
VISIT. WE SAW ABOUT 600 REFUGEES WHO APPLIED FOR RESETTLEMENT
IN THE UK, ABOUT 500 OF THESE WERE FROM THE HUEY FONG AND
GENERALLY THESE APPEARED TO HAVE GREATER RESETTLEMENT POTENTIAL THAN THE OTHERS. WE HAVE SELECTED A TOTAL OF 412 REFUGEES AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE NOW IN HAND FOR THE FIRST 50, FOR KENSINGTON BARRACKS, TO ARRIVE IN U.K. ON OR ABOUT 1 MARCH. A SECOND GROUP OF 39 ARE BEING PROCESSED TO ARRIVE U.K. ON OR
SHORTLY AFTER 7 MARCH FOR SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND.
2.
THE 412 SELECTED COMPRISE 58 FAMILY GROUES AND ABOUT 50
SINGLES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE ATTACHED THEMSELVES TO FAMILIES, OF THE SINGLES ABOUT 20 ARE FEMALES. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO AVOID SINGLE MALES ALTOGETHER BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT SUCH A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE REFUGEES SEEKING RESETTLEMENT.. WE HAVE HOWEVER APPLIED STRICTER STANDARDS TO THE SINGLE MALES AND ARE SATISFIED THAT THEY FULFIL OTHER OF OUR CRITERIA WHICH IMPROVES RESETTLEMENT PROSPECTS (E.G. KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH AND/OR SPECIAL SKILLS).
3. FOLLOWING IS AN AGE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE SELECTED :
AGE
0
1
1
5
4
52
6
10
65
11
16
90
17
65
193
OVER 65
8
THERE ARE
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