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MIPT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: SCORRI REPORT

MKK 243/2;

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

23 AUG 1983

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Action Taken

FOLLOWING IS PASSAGE FOR INCLUSION IN HOME OFFICE WHITE PAPER

REPLYING TO SCORRI.

RECOMMENDATION 5:

THAT

(I) BEGIN UNDERLINING. BRITAIN'S WILLINGNESS TO RELAX ITS

FAMILY REUNION CRITERIA FOR VIETNAMESE IN CAMPS IN COUNTRIES OF

TEMPORARY ASYLUM SHOULD BE USED AS A BARGAINING COUNTER TO

ATTRACT OFFERS OF ADDITIONAL RESETTLEMENT PLACES FROM OTHER

COUNTRIES. CEASE UNDERLINING.

́(II) BEGIN UNDERLINING. THE AIM OF SUCH NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE

TO REDUCE DRASTICALLY THE SIZE OF HONG KONG'S VIETNAMESE REFUGEE

POPULATION AND TO RESETTLE ALL THOSE WHOSE STAY IN CAMPS HAS BEEN

PROLONGED. CEASE UNDERLINING.

1. HMG SHARE THE VIEW OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE THAT ACCEPTANCE OF A NEW

INTAKE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG BY BRITAIN COULD EVOKE AN INCREAS-

ED RESPONSE FROM THE MAJOR RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES AND THUS HELP TO

RESOLVE HONG KONG'S VIETNAMESE REFUGEE PROBLEM. IN THEIR

MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO THE SUB-COMMITTEE THE FCO MADE CLEAR

THEIR BELIEF THAT THE EFFECT OF THE UK ACCEPTING A FURTHER QUOTA

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