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UNFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, OTTAWA, CANBERRA,

INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON

2882

YOUR TELNO 1531 TO HONG KONG: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG

SCORRI REPORT

1. I HAVE NOW RECEIVED A FURTHER LETTER FROM NORRISH, DATED 29 OCTOBER STATING THAT THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT HAVE APPROVED AN ADDITIONAL SEVENTY PLACES FOR REGISTERED INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES IN THE CURRENT IMMIGRATION YEAR

(ENDING 30 JUNE 1986). OF THESE, TEN PLACES ARE TO BE ALLOCATED TO REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. NORRISH ENCLOSED A PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION WHICH READS

IN PART AS FOLLOWS:

'' THE ADDITIONAL SEVENTY PLACES WILL PROVIDE PLACES FOR UP TO FORTY REFUGEES FROM THAILAND AND TEN EACH FROM HONG KONG, MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA. WHILE PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO FAMILY GROUPS WITH CHILDREN BORN IN A REFUGEE CAMP, PARTICULAR EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON THOSE WITHOUT RELATIVES IN ANY THIRD COUNTRY AND OR THOSE WHO HAVE RESIDED IN A CAMP FOR FOUR YEARS OR MORE. TO FILL THE ALLOCATIONS, SINGLE PEOPLE WILL ALSO BE ACCEPTED.''

O'LEARY

MINIMAL

HKD

SEAD

UND SPD

COPIES To

Me

REPEATED AS REQUESTER

RANSTHORNE HOME Off (LUNAR HO)

HKGO LONDON

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

0 1 NOV 1985

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