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MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

THE REACTION TO HMG'S RESPONSE TO THE SCORRI REPORT ON VIETNAMESE REFUGEES AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR HONG KONG

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memorandum

On 24 September 1985 Members considered XCCI(85)44 which, inter alia informed Members of HMG's response to the recommendations contained in the Report of the Home Affairs Sub-Committee on Race Relations and Immigration (the SCORRI Report). A copy of the recommendations contained in the SCORRI Report is at Annex A.

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HMG's response to the recommendations contained in the SCORRI Report was published in the form of a White Paper on 26 September 1985. A summary of those parts of the White Paper concerning Vietnamese Refugees in Hong Kong is at

Annex B.

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The purpose of this memorandum is

to report on the additional resettlement places which could be available for Hong Kong as a result of HMG's decision to

to relax its family reunion criteria and to accept approximately 500 refugees from Hong Kong;

to

assess

the implications of these additional resettlement places on the refugee population in Hong Kong and, in particular, on their accommodation; and

to seek Members' advice on the resettlement in Hong Kong of ethnic Chinese refugees from Vietnam.

Reaction to HMG's decision to accept family reunion cases from Hong Kong

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Following the publication of the White containing HMG's response to the SCORRI Report

sent

(a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) a guidance telegram to Embassy's throughout the world informing them of the decision to accept family reunion

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