FCO View
9.
we understand that Following discussions at official level/ the Foreign Secretary
will be writing to the Home Secretary shortly commenting on SCORRI's
recommendations concerning the Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office are particularly concerned about
for several the hard core element in the camps who have been there since the
beginning and have little chance of resettlement, and who are becoming
increasingly discontent.
years
1:
May
10. The Foreign Secretary is likely to suggest that the United Kingdom
should enter into an on-going commitment to take about 500 refugees
a year from Hong Kong. [This could be discharged in the first year
The Fro by accepting all those with relatives in this country]. It is
considered that such a firm commitment on our part would be a useful
lever in seeking to obtain similar commitments from the international
community.
Statistics
A statistical analysis is attached.
It will be seen that the largest number of those accepted for family
reunions come from Vietnam: 118 were granted during the last six
months of 1984 with 48 from China and 7 from Hong Kong.
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