TNAG-1069-FCO40-1319-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-in-the-UK-1981 — Page 37

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ANNEX (1)

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

Position at 1st November 1981

Accepted for resettlement

(1) awaiting departure

(2) for US programme, but undergoing

language courses, etc.

1458

4705

6163

(a)

Being processed

-

(3) new arrivals in last few days

203

(4) by American agencies for US

programmes

441

644

Difficult (hard core) cases -

(5) being considered by other countries 1078 (b)

(6) rejected

Total

5418 (c)

6496

13303

(a) Includes 992 ship rescue cases.

(b) About 500 of these could be included in other country

programmes.

(c) These include persons convicted of offences in Hong Kong,

those who have (in some cases unwittingly) ruled themselves out of country programmes by failing to show for medical and departure formalities or having refused a resettlement offer, etc.

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