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TO IMMEDIATE CERTAIN MISSIONS AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES

GUIDANCE TELNO 125

OF 231530Z SEPTEMBER 85

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: RESPONSE BY HMG TO REPORT OF

HOME AFFAIRS SUB-COMMITTEE ON RACE RELATIONS AND IMMIGRATION

(SCORRI)

INTRODUCTION

1. ON 26 SEPTEMBER THE GOVERNMENT WILL PUBLISH A WHITE PAPER IN

RESPONSE TO SCORRI'S RECENT REPORT 'REFUGEES AND ASYLUM WITH

SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE VIETNAMESE', PART ONE OF WHICH WAS

DEVOTED TO THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG. (THE

OTHER TWO PARTS COVERED THE PROBLEMS OF THE VIETNAMESE IN

BRITAIN, AND UK ASYLUM PROCEDURES.) THE WHITE PAPER WILL ANNOUNCE

INTER ALIA HMG'S AGREEMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SCORRI'S

RECOMMENDATION, TO ACCEPT FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THE UK SOME 500

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, MAINLY FROM HONG KONG, WHO HAVE RELATIVES IN

THE UK, BUT WHO HAVE HITHERTO FALLEN OUTSIDE THE HOME OFFICE'S

IMMIGRATION CRITERIA FOR FAMILY REUNION: AND IN ADDITION,

DEPENDING ON THE WILLINGNESS SHOWN BY OTHER RESETTLEMENT

COUNTRIES TO RESPOND TO HONG KONG'S NEEDS, TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING

FURTHER LIMITED NUMBERS FROM HONG KONG. IMMEDIATELY AFTER

PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE PAPER, AND ALSO IN RESPONSE TO THE

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