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FCO GUIDANCE TELNO 125: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: SCORRI

REPORT

1.

AS ENVISAGED IN PARA 13 OF TUR, WE ARE INSTRUCTING

SELECTED POSTS TO APPROACH THEIR HOST GOVERNMENTS IMMEDIATELY

AFTER THE WHITE PAPER IS PUBLISHED ON 26 SEPTEMBER. UKMIS GENEVA

WILL ALSO BE ASKING UNHCR TO TAKE PARALLEL ACTION WITH THOSE

GOVERNMENTS.

2.

CANADA AND AUSTRALIA ACCEPTED 1008 AND 736 VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG RESPECTIVELY IN 1984. THE LARGEST NUMBER

AFTER THE US (WHICH TOOK 1541). SO FAR THIS YEAR THEY HAVE

ACCEPTED 753 AND 383 RESPECTIVELY (COMPARED WITH THE AMERICANS'

1155).

3.

THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE IN THE PAST BEEN RELUCTANT TO

INCREASE THEIR OFFTAKE OF REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG IN THE ABSENCE

OF ANY INITIATIVE ON RESETTLEMENT BY THE UK. THEY HAVE HINTED ON

SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT A NEW INTAKE OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES BY

THE UK MIQHT INFLUENCE THEM IN DECIDING THEIR FUTURE LEVEL NF

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