TNAG-1090-FCO40-1340-Illegal-immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-of-refugees-orig-1981 — Page 93

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Action Taken

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MP'S LETTER : HONG KONG :

Problem

1. To reply to a letter of 31 October from Mrs E Kellett-Bowman MP

(Conservative

Lancaster) to Lord Belstead.

Recommendation

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2. I recommend that Mr Blaker reply on the lines of the attached

draft.

Background

3.

Mrs Kellett-Bowman wrote to Mr Raison on 28 July 1980 to

request that

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a Vietnamese refugee, be reunited with

her family in the United Kingdom.

was then in detention

in Hong Kong because it was believed that she had entered the

Territory illegally from China after having been resettled there.

was subsequently granted entry clearance by the

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that

United Kingdom.

authorities.

However, Mrs Kellett-Bowman wrote again saying

had not been granted a visa by the Hong Kong

This letter was eventually passed to Mr Blaker

by the Home Office. The draft reply is based on information

supplied by the Hong Kong Government.

20 January 1981

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R D Clift

Hong Kong and General Department

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