TNAG-1184-FCO40-1486-Resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-into-the--1982 — Page 151

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FM HONG KONG 140750Z OCT 92

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1176 OF 14 OCTOBER

INFO PRIORITY OTTAWA, UKMIS GENEVA

UKMIS TELNO 518 OF 13 OCTOBER.

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HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES.

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WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT CANADIANS MAY BE ABOUT TO DECIDE NEW RESETTLEMENT ALLOCATIONS, AND THAT THAIS MAY BE PUSHING HARD FOR HIGHER ALLOCATION FOR THEIR VIETNAMESE LAND PEOPLE'' WE ALSO HOPE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LOBBY ON BEHALF OF OUR REFUGEE PROBLEMS CAN BE TAKEN.

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2. INFORMATION IN OUR TELNO 1065 OF 17 SEPTEMBER MAY BE UPDATED AS FOLLOWS: WHILE 1982 ARRIVAL RATE REMAINS VERY CLOSE TO 1981 FIGURE, ONLY 443 PERSONS LEFT FOR OVERSEAS RESETTLEMENT IN SEPTEMBER 1982, COMPARED WITH 1,673 IN SEPTEMBER 1981. REFUGEE POPULATION NOW HERE IS 13,230, COMPARABLE TO LAST YEAR'S FIGURE AND BY FAR LARGEST BOAT REFUGEE POPULATION IN REGION. 40 PERCENT HAVE BEEN HERE OVER TWO YEARS, AND IT IS THIS LONG TERM GROUP WE WOULD MOST LIKE TO SEE REMOVED.

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MR. GIFFARD

MR DONALD MR URE

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GOVT OFFICE

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