TNAG-0971-FCO40-1190-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-in-the-UK-1980 — Page 216

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HICK. 243/2

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

Resellent in07 MAR 1980

Vietnamese refugees. Resettten

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ΣHE 24314

286 of 25 Feb and

12

in de uk. This is

по

316 of March

a

REGISTRY

JPA 3 Arion Taken 28 Jul Feb,

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have att included requests

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an

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that ways be considered to spied up the resettlent of refugees from HK

against de backgrond of a feared exodus from Vater and de fear that uk performace will detract from

our arguets to persuade de us ad otter countries to maintain their efforts at resettent of refugees from otke. Mr Woodfield has now replied to certain points in a letterto E 14 of Cortazzi of 28 Feb.

year

It seems dat de

FICK 24/22. FCO Telmo 69 of 24 Jam proposed a target of 2,600 refugees actualy

moved to the uk in de fist I mouths of dis toted will be only bout 1,760. Estimated monthly deportives for

430, 532, ad between 600 and 800 for consecutive willy,

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13

CODE 18-77

Jan - March are 3. This shortfall is not trough any shortage of refugees qualified for resettlement in de UK. A Have affice team in January selected 3,831 such refugees and 3,465 had been selected during two previous H.O. visits. 4. Delays sen to have wisen at two later stages; namely a delay calling forward selected refugees for departure and a

delay between being called forward and actually departing. Hong Kong telmo 286 proposes ways in which call- forward bath lists might be improved and we

call-forward

reply to die telegram. of Quantrill's minute of 26 Feb. to M. Murray efers, and it might be worth giving do it.0.

(although day are seeing all be the grows on de subject and should

would

Sel

to owe a

a reminder now

be aware

of it's disquet).

5. Of course, the rate of resetttent in the uk ultimately hinges on de umber of places available in reception centres ad permanent housing. This is a matter for de blame office, the Joint Committee

Refugees from Vietnam (Chama Sir Archer Paterson) and the coluntary agencies. It is a subject raised in or Cartazzi's letter to or Woodfield

Confidential.

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