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ITALY
IRELAND
114
(1)
110
(-)
GREECE
42
(-)
LUXEMBOURG
5
(-)
SWITZERLAND
628
(9)
NORWAY
572
(64)
AUSTRIA
424
(6)
SWEDEN
336
(11)
SPAIN
251
FINLAND
112
(-)
(55)
3.
SOME OF THE ABOVE COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY FRANCE AND WEST
GERMANY, HAVE OF COURSE TAKEN MUCH LARGE NUMBERS OF INDO-CHINESE
REFUGEES FROM OTHER PLACES OF FIRST ASYLUM IN SOUTH EAST ASIA,
AND DIRECT FROM VIETNAM ITSELF.
4.
GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD APPROACH YOUR HOST
GOVERNMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER PUBLICATION OF THE WHITE
PAPER, MAKING THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
(I)
(II)
(III)
(IV)
WE AND THE HKG ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE EFFORTS OF WEST
EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS TO HELP HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT FOR US TO
INCREASE OUR OWN OFFTAKE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG IN
RECENT YEARS, DESPITE OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
TERRITORY: INTEGRATION OF THE 19,000 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
WHO HAVE ALREADY SETTLED IN THE UK HAS PROVED DIFFICULT.
IN RESPONSE TO SCORRI'S RECOMMENDATION, HMG HAVE DECIDED
TO ACCEPT FOR RESETTLEMENT A FURTHER ESTIMATED 500 PLUS
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ALL OF WHO HAVE RELATIVES IN THE UK
BUT WHO WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR ADMISSION UNDER OUR NORMAL
CRITERIA. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE UP TO 490 IN
HONG KONG WHO MIGHT QUALIFY AND 60 IN OTHER COUNTRIES IN
SOUTH EAST ASIA.
SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION IN CAMPS IN HONG KONG
AND POTENTIAL FOR DETERIORATION. LARGEST NUMBER OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN ANY COUNTRY OF FIRST ASYLUM. AS
SCALE OF GENERAL PROBLEM HAS DECREASED SO TOO HAVE
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