TNAG-1274-FCO40-1624-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 65

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* reference telecon anver/lasan fallowing is summary of hong kong

government draft proposal entitled 'safe return of unauthorized

* vietnamese migrants to vietnam''

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* 222 proposal backgacund presents government view of current

situation inter alia majority of the arrivals are no longer refugees under unhca convention. roughly only 20 per cent

qualify under criteria of resettlement countries, that

vietnamese in hang kong unlikely to volunteer return to vietnam

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therefore recommending that all persons arriving from vietnes after a given date should be treated in the same way as persons from other countries seeking to enter hang kang. i.e. these who lack either proper documentation or convincing grounds

on which to claim asylum should be returned quickly and

safely to vietnam.

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the premise that the vietnamese government is likely to react favourably to a proposal that will help reduce the flow of migrants from vietnam as this country becomes

increasingly conscious of unpopularity in international

terms, and that the time has come when the international reaction would not be too antagonistic to proposal provided

hong kong government screens in the presence of unher.

please note proposal in draft form being shared with unhes by secretary for security who would like to forward to governor 25 soon as possible.

grateful you telephone or cable your comments urgently.

proposal express airmailed today.

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