TNAG-0886-FCO40-1096-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 42

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XTERNATIONA

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HANE

CTORY

OFFERS AND I

WOULD THEREFORE URGE THAT SUCH OFFERS BE

INCREASED OVER

AND ABOVE THOSE ALREADY ANNOUNCED TO MATCH THIS ACUTE AND GROWING

NEED DURING MY RECENT DISCUSSIONS IN HANOI THE VIETNAMESE

AUTHORITIES

REITERATED THEIR DECISION TO PERMIT ORDERLY DEPARTURES SUCH AN

ARRANGEMENT WOULD COVER FAMILY REUNION CASES AND ALSO

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TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OTHER HUMANITARIAN CONSIDERATIONS PROVIDED ENTRY

VISAS HAVE BEEN GRANTED BY THE COUNTRIES OF NEW RESIDENCE ANOTHER

RECENT DEVELOPMENT WAS LAST WEEK'S MEETING OF GOVERNMENTS IN

DJAKARTA

TO DISCUSS THE ASEAN PROPOSAL FOR PROCESSING CENTRES TO BE

ESTABLISHED IN THE REGION SUCH CENTRES WOULD SERVE TO ACCOMMODATE

THOSE

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FOR WHOM RESETTLEMENT COMMITMENTS. EXIST BUT WHO FACE A LONG WAIT

BEFORE THEY CAN MOVE TO PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES THE FIRST

SUCH CENTRE IS EXPECTED TO BE ESTABLISHED ON THE INDONESIAN ISLAND

OF GALANG: A FURTHER SITE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE

PHILIPPINES HOWEVER ORDERLY DEPARTURES FROM

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