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INFO SAVING UKMIS GENEVA, HELSINKI, BRUSSELS, VIENNA, THE HAGUE
INFO SAVING BERNE, HONG KONG, COPENHAGEN, LUXEMBOURG, STOCKHOLM INFO SAVING OSLO, HKGO BRUSSELS, HKGO GENEVA, DUBLIN, PARIS
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YOUR TELNO 75 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. ACTION TAKEN WITH KRUSE, ASSISTANT HEAD OF HUMANITARIAN AID AND REFUGEES DEPARTMENT, AUSWAERTIGES AMT.
2. KRUSE PROMISED TO TAKE THE MATTER UP AGAIN WITH THE INTERIOR
MINISTRY. BUT HE HELD OUT LITTLE HOPE THAT MORE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES COULD BE TAKEN. SINCE WE REPORTED LAST IN OCTOBER (MY TELNO 981)
PRESSURE IN THE LAENDER TO RESETTLE TAMIL AND OTHER REFUGEES HAS IF
ANYTHING GROWN AND LARGE NUMBERS ARE STILL ARRIVING THROUGH EAST
BERLIN. THE INTERIOR MINISTRY IS THUS BEING FORCED BY THE LAENDER TO TAKE AN EVEN TOUGHER LINE ON OTHER CASES, HOWEVER DESERVING.
3. YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER AN APPROACH AT POLITICAL LEVEL. BUT EVEN
THIS CANNOT GUARANTEE SUCCESS, GIVEN THAT THE COMPETENCE FOR
RESETTLEMENT LIES WITH THE LAENDER.
4. A NEW FACTOR IS THE REPORTED COMMISSIONING OF A GERMAN RESCUE
VESSEL, THE CAP ANAMOUR 2, WHICH IS TO COMMENCE OPERATIONS ON 5 MARCH. THE AUSWAERTIGES AMT FEAR THAT THE GOVERNMENT MAY COME UNDER
PRESSURE TO RESETTLE REFUGEES PICKED UP BY THIS SHIP, WHICH IS
FUNDED BY PRIVATE GERMAN DONATIONS.
5. ON RASRO, KRUSE SAID THAT THE INTERIOR MINISTRY CONTINUED TO BLOCK GERMAN PARTICIPATION.
6. ON FAMILY REUNION CASES, KRUSE SAID THAT OF THE SIXTEEN CASES MENTIONED IN LYSCOM'S LETTER TO FRENCH (HKGO BRUSSELS) OF 18 DECEMBER TEN REMAINED UNRESOLVED PENDING DOCUMENTATION.
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