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MIPT: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: SCORRI REPORT
FOLLOWING IS PASSAGE FOR INCLUSION IN HOME OFFICE WHITE PAPER
REPLYING TO SCORRI.
RECOMMENDATION 5:
THAT
(I) BEGIN UNDERLINING.
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.
BRITAIN'S WILLINGNESS TO RELAX ITS
́(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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