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HE SAID THAT FOR 1986 HE THOUGHT (THOUGHT) THAT THE REGIONAL
OFFTAKE TO CANADA MIGHT DECREASE, THE HONG KONG FIGURE WOULD
REMAIN AT ABOUT PRESENT LEVELS. A FINAL DECISION WAS EXPECTED IN
NOVEMBER.
5.
HE SAID THAT SIR GEOFFREY HOWE HAD RAISED HONG KONG'S
REFUGEES WHEN HE WAS IN CANADA SEVERAL WEEKS AGO. JURKOVICH SAID
THAT WHEREAS CANADA WELCOMED THE BRITISH INITIATIVE, IT THOUGHT
THAT THE UK SHOULD TAKE THE LEAD IN THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT. HE
SAID THAT THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SHOULD PLAY A PART NO MATTER HOW
SMALL.
6.
HE SAID THAT HONG KONG HAD BEEN USED BY CANADA TO MAKE UP
ITS RESETTLEMENT FIGURES TO OFFICIAL TARGETS. THIS WAS WHY WE
GOT THE EXTRA 500 IN 1984 AND 1985.
7.
HE
HE WAS CRITICAL OF THE TYPE OF REFUGEE WE ARE OFFERING
FOR RESETTLEMENT. HE EXPLAINED THAT RECENT REFUGEE ARRIVALS IN
CANADA HAD NOT ADAPTED VERY WELL AND THERE HAD BEEN PROBLEMS.
ASKED WHETHER HONG KONG COULD PROVIDE BASIC SKILL TRAINING. I
EXPLAINED THAT WE HAD BEEN ASKING RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO LET
US KNOW WHAT SORT OF SKILLS THEY REQUIRED AND WE WOULD TRY TO
PROVIDE TRAINING. THIS WOULD GIVE THE REFUGEE SOMETHING SPECIFIC
TO DO WHEN IN HONG KONG AND WOULD AID IN HIS INTEGRATION AFTER
RESETTLEMENT. THE SORT OF SKILLS INVOLVED WOULD INCLUDE LANGUAGE
TRAINING MAINLY ENGLISH, BUT WE WOULD CONSIDER OTHER LANGUAGES. I ALSO SAID, DRAWING ON THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE IN MALAYSIA,
THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO RELATE THE SKILL TRAINING TO
RESETTLEMENT. HE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN OUR PROPOSALS AND
SUGGESTED THAT I SPEAK TO BILL SINCLAIR AND DENNIS CREPPAULT WHEN
I GET BACK TO HONG KONG.
8.
I THINK THAT THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING AND WE SHOULD TRY
TO DEVELOP SOMETHING WITH THE CANADIANS WHICH WE CAN PUT TO THE
AMERICANS AND AUSTRALIANS AND THEN TO THE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES.
ENDS
HOWE
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DR WILSON
CONFIDENTIAL
MR RAWSTHORNE, HOME OFFICE,
LUNAR HOUSE, CROYDEN
HKGO LONDON
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