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FROM:

A C GALSWORTHY,

DATE: 18 April 1985

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Sir W Harding

Mr Hartland-Swann, SEAD

Mr Lever, UND

The Tukan

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: FUTURE POLICY

Problem

1.

This

in

on race

submission considers what measures should be adopted

order to contain and if possible resolve the problem of Vietnamese

refugees in Hong Kong. I suggest that decisions on it should form

the basis of our posture on the report of the sub-committee

relations and immigration (SCORRI), both initially in discussion

with the

the Home Office and eventually publicly. The SCORRI report is

being submitted in parallel, and the future of the closed camp

policy will be considered in that context.

Recommendation

121

2.

I recommend that we adopt a three-pronged policy as follows:

(a) Increasing departures

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We seek to obtain agreement that the UK should accept a

greater number of

of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong on a

regular and continuing basis, and then, basing ourselves on

Our decision to do so, we make a maximum effort to persuade

other resettlement countries to increase their uptake.

(b) Decreasing arrivals

We explore with the Vietnamese

cooperating with a

the

prospects of their

programme of repatriation coupled with

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