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Mrs Willeard
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FROM:
JE MURPHY
DATE:
21 JUNE 1985
2 JUN 1985
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The Minister has agreed to be interviewed by Stephan Sinclair Loutit, Senior External Affairs Assistant in the Office of the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees, in London. The interview will
be published in a forthcoming issue of their magazine Refugees.
The interview is to take place at 3.45 pm on 27 June.
Mr Loutit has now provided a list of questions which he wishes
to raise with the Minister. These are as follows:
Hong SPACE
1.
How would the Minister describe the significance of World
Refugee Year, for which he received the Nansen Medal?
2. How serious does the Minister regard the problems of today's
refugees?
3. What action is Britain taking in helping to solve world refugee
problems and what are our priorities?
4.
What is the British Government's policy on the question of refugees in Hong Kong? (Mr Loutit recognises that this is not 200m bol Mr Raison's specific responsibility but hopes that he will be prepared UNAR HOUSE
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5.
The British Government's policy towards Tamils arriving in 200m 615 Britain.
(Again he recognises that this is a Home Office responsi- UNAR
bility but asks that the Minister comment on this problem.)
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6. The limited nature of the UNHCR mandate: whether the Minister
would be prepared to see the Organisation have a wider role?
7. Whether Britain feels it can play a part in dealing with the
political causes of the refugee problem as well as having a humanitarian
role?
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No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.