refugees, mostly from Hong Kong who have relatives in
the UK but who would normally fall outside the Home
Office's immigration criteria for family reunion
cases.
(ii) that, depending on the willingness shown by other
resettlement countries to respond to Hong Kong's
needs,
HMG are prepared to consider accepting further
limited numbers from Hong Kong. The Hong Kong
Government would similarly be prepared to absorb
limited numbers into Hong Kong from the camps, but
again this will
depend on other countries'
to the UK's
initiative.
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response
16.
are
In order to maximise the effect of this decision, we
conducting
other countries
major diplomatic campaign to persuade
also to take additional numbers of refugees
instructed posts in a wide range
Canada, Australia, Japan, New
from Hong Kong. We have
weeks.
The
of countries (the US,
Zealand, EC and other European countries), to approach their host governments immediately after the White Paper is
published. We wish to reinforce these approaches by raising the subject at bilateral and multilateral meetings
whenever
arise opportunities
in the coming
CHOGM will be a key opportunity to press other Commonwealth
countries, both the major ones listed above, which will
already have received approaches by our posts overseas,
smaller countries such as those in the Pacific, from whom
limited, would also be most
any
assistance, however
and
welcome.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
26 September 1985
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