CONFIDEN TIAL
and the UK would
take in addition to the 500 (Woodhouse
21.10.85, folio 33 2)
telex
Woodhouse meeting with Canadian
representative in Geneva:
Would favour voluntary repatriation.
unlikely to change.
Off take
Canada
from Hong Kong
Final decision in November. Expressed
they think UK
interest in proposal to provide refugees with skills needed by
resettlement countries (Woodhouse telex 15.10.85, folio 314)
Woodhouse meeting with Canadians in Ottawa:
should do more; but sympathetic to Hong Kong (Woodhouse telex
24.10.85, folio 353) (See also folio
Canadian s favour
repatriation)
UN HC R
:
says
Canada will
resettlement meeting in Hong Kong: Canadian representative
off take in 1986 will be 650, 50
than more
1985
spite of overall reduction in regional offtake for 1986)
hope
also allocate an extra 500
for places
Kong, as they have done in past 2
done in past 2 years (Hong Kong telno 2606,
folio 417)
in
(in
HKG
•
Hong
22.11.85,
Canadian
423) and
decision confirmed in Hong Kong Telno 2649 (folio
Ottawa Telno 683 (folio 436). Canadian officials are
that upward revision of places will be possible again
in 1986, but prefer not to be quoted, or to be pinned down to
figure of 500.
confident
(UKMIS
Canadians
letter
in
20
UNHCR
will
contact
of
December)
February/March 1986 to seek upward revision and
hope for 1000 total intake as 1985 (folio 495)
0
DENMARK
Woodhouse meeting with Danish representative
in Geneva: Denmark
has quota of 250 places per annum and seeks UNHCR advice on how
to fill it. If UNHCR pushes the 25 family reunion cases which are outstanding, they will probably be accepted (Woodhouse
17.10.85, folio 327)
telex
Embassy approach to MFA (26 September): "Clear that Danish
attitude was to be
within constraints of present
helpful
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