BRITISH REFUGEE COUNCIL
Bondway House, 3/9 Bondway, London SW8 1SJ
ASIA COMMITTEE
Minutes of Meeting Held on 18th December 1984 at Bondway House
1.
Attendance
Present:
Members:
2.
Lord Ennals
Susan Balfour Oliver Gravell Vaughan Stone Joyce Pearce Charles Skinner John Morrish Robina Brand Vera Harley
Elizabeth Winter
Observers:
Philip Rudge
Stephen Nash
Stephen Lam
BRC Staff:
Stephen Sinclair-Loutit
Martin Barber
Jessica Yudilevich
Graeme Jackson
Paul Jeremy
In the Chair
BRCS
Christian Aid Help the Aged Ockenden Venture Oxfam Q.P.S.
Save the Children YWCA & Wings
Afghan Aid
European Consultation FCO
Hong Kong Government Office UNHCR
Director
Apologies for absence were received from:
Hazel Birch
Stephanie Simmonds
Phyllis Miles
John Ennals
Committee Secretariat
Information & Liaison Officer (recorded minutes)
ODA
Refugee Health Group Soroptimists International
UNA
Minutes of the Meeting of 18th September 1984
Benjamin Tang (Hong Kong Government Office) asked for 5.2 paragraph 3) to be amended to:
(page 5,
"Benjamin TANG (Hong Kong Government Office) reported that the rate of resettlement from Hong Kong had been falling since 1982 - 9247 in 1982 (the year the closed camp policy was introduced), 4,200 in 1983 and only 2329 have been resettled so far this year. Arrivals, however, had dropped. He gave the following figures for arrivals:
1982 1983
1984
7840 3651
1972 (up to September)"
This amendment was agreed.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.