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GRS 250 UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 07090OZ FCO

TELNO 421

OF 070755Z FEBRUARY 86

AND TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, HKGO BRUSSELS,

INFO PRIORITY HKGO GENEVA, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO WASHINGTON

HKGO LONDON ATTN BEN TANG

HKGO BRUSSELS ATTN NIGEL FRENCH

HKGO GENEVA ATTN ANTHONY WOO

HKGO NEW YORK ATTN BILL.DORWARD

HKGO WASHINGTON ATTN PETER LO

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YOUR TELNO 244: VIETNAMES REFUGEES

+KK 243/1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

07 FEB 1986

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Action Taken

EXCO CONSIDERED TWO MEMORANDA ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES YESTERDAY

MORNING.

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2. AS REGARDS XCC(86)22, MEMBERS NOTED THE REACTION TO HMG'S

DECISION TO ACCEPT FAMILY REUNION CASES FROM HONG KONG AND ITS

IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG. THEY ADVISED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE

ADDITIONAL RESETTLEMENT PLACES RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF HMG'S

INITIATIVE, HONG KONG SHOULD BEGIN TO ACCEPT 20 ETHNIC CHINESE

REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT EACH MONTH UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 250 ON

THE BASIS OF CRITERIA SET OUT IN THE MEMORANDUM.

3. ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSAL TO ACCEPT ETHNIC CHINESE FOR RESETTLEMENT

IN HONG KONG WILL NOT BE KEPT SECRET, NO PUBLICITY WILL BE INITIATED IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ATTRACTING MORE REFUGEES

FROM VIETNAM. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS, EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON

THE FACT THAT THOSE SELECTED DO NOT (NOT) MEET THE RESETTLEMENT

CRITERIA OF OTHER COUNTRIES AND ARE LONG STAYERS. AMONG THE

FIRST TO BE CONSIDERED WILL BE THE 1500 IN KAN TAK WHO HAVE BEEN

HERE SINCE 1979.

4. AS PEGAPDS XCC(86)23, EXCO ADVISED THAT, IN PRINCIPLE, A RASRO

TRANSIT CENTRE AS DESCRIBED IN THE MEMORANDUM SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED

IN HONG KONG AND NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE OPENED WITH UNHCR ON THE

DETAILS WITH A VIEW TO SEEKING AGREEMENT REACHED.

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