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RECORD OF CALL ON MR LUCE BY LORD ENNALS, CHAIRMAN OF THE ASIAN

COMMITTEE OF THE BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL, AND COLLEAGUES: 27 JUNE

1985, 4.30 PM

Present:

Mr Luce

Mr Henderson, APS/Mr Luce

Ms O Walker, HKD

Mr Michael Harris

Mr Roger Newton

Mr Derek Knight

Mr Peter Shelley

Mr Graeme Jackson

Mr David Adrian

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Ockenden Venture

Oxfam

Christian Aid

Save the Children Fund

BRC

Refugee Action

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1.

influx of

Mr Jackson said that if there was to be a new

refugees into the UK, the voluntary agencies wanted to be given

adequate warning, to enable them to make full preparations to cope

with them on arrival. Mr Luce said he hoped the BRC had put this

point to Mr Waddington. Mr Jackson continued that the BRC would also wish to consider which kinds of refugee might be brought here,

in order to avoid repeating past mistakes. Mr Jackson thought the

agencies could handle a certain number of special cases (eg long stayers and disabled refugees). Unaccompanied minors were not a

problem and could be readily dealt with.

(Lord Ennals joined the meeting at this point.)

2.

Lord Ennals asked Mr Luce about progress on consultation with

other countries on resettlement. Mr Luce explained the difficulty

of asking other countries to take more refugees until HMG had

decision on resettlement. He said he did not think a

reached

conference of resettlement countries was necessarily the best way to

proceed. We would of

course need to seek UNHCR' s help in

approaching other countries.