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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: FUTURE POLICY

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Problem

1.

on race

This submission considers what measures should be adopted in

order to contain and if possible resolve the problem of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong. I suggest that decisions on it should form

the basis of our posture on the report of the

the sub-committee

relations and immigration (SCORRI), both with the Home Office and eventually publicly. The SCORRI report is being submitted in parallel, and the future of the closed camp policy will be considered in that context.

initially in discussion

Recommendation

2.

I recommend that we adopt a three-pronged policy as follows:

(a) Increasing departures

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We seek to obtain agreement that the UK should accept a

greater number of Vietnamese

Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong on a regular and continuing basis, and then, basing ourselves on our decision to do so, we make a maximum effort to persuade

other resettlement countries to increase their uptake.

(b) Decreasing arrivals

We explore with the Vietnamese

cooperating with a programme

the prospects of their

of repatriation coupled with

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