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Sisal of State.

FROM: A C GALSWORTHY, HKD

DATE: 19 APRIL 1985

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PS/Mr Luce

Sir W Harding

Dr Wilson

Mr Hartland-Swann, SEAD

Mr Lever, UND

Parliamentary Unit

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: REPORT FROM THE

RACE RELATIONS AND IMMIGRATION (SCORRI)

1.

HOME AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE ON

I attach a copy of my minute of 19 April to PS/Mr Luce about

SCORRI's Report on Vietnamese refugees which was published

yesterday, 18 April. This sets out Our initial views on the parts

of the Report which are of particular interest to the FCO.

us,

Part 1, deals with the

2. The part of the Report which concerns

problem of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong (who currently number

some 11,500). The other two Parts, on the Vietna

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in Britain and

Asylum Procedures

refugees in general are almost entirely for

The Sub-committee last summer commissioned from us

Vietnamese refugees. We were asked to address two

the Home Office.

a memorandum on

specific points:

a)

b)

for

the desirability of admitting more Vietnamese refugees to

Britain: and

whether the effect of admitting to Britain even a small

number of Vietnamese

from the refugee camps

in Hong Kong

take larger

would be to encourage other countries to

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