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Indo-Chinese refugee situation and of US policy. The Embassy in Washington are nevertheless pressing for an early response

to our request.

(ii)

www

The

Japan

Japanese cabinet recently decided (before our White Paper was published) to raise Japan's overall ceiling

for refugees from 5,000 to

to 10,000. The Japanese

Japanese have said that they

they are currently considering how many more refugees

might take from Hong Kong (no figures have been

they

mentioned).

(iii) France

(iv)

Has undertak en to reexamine all applications for resettlement in France so far made by refugees in Hong Kong. Family reunion cases and French speakers are those most likely to be accepted (these number about 135). France will

also consider taking unaccompanied minors. But total numbers

accepted likely to be small.

Netherlands

-

No

commitment, but might be able to take two

large (perhaps 60 each) offtakes from Hong Kong.

(v)

Norway

( vi )

Press reports have indicated that Norway will take a

further 100 from

from Hong Kong, provided budgetary approval is

given. Official confirmation awaited.

Denmark Remainder of this year's quota of 250 will be for

Hong Kong cases (but no indication of how many places there

will be).

(vii)

Finland

-

Good chance that

some of new annual (worldwide)

quota of 100 refugee places may be allocated to refugees from

Hong Kong.

(viii) Sweden May be able to reallocate some places within overall

refugee quota.

(ix)

Belgium

these.

-

May take family reunion cases. There are 29 of

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