TNAG-1525-FCO40-2089-Hong-Kong-Parliamentary-Sub-Committee-on-Race-Relations-and--1986 — Page 168

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HMLNAN 3442

UNCLASSIFIED

RR BONNN

RR FCOLM

FM HOKON TO BREMB

12074OZ MAR

GRS 150

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG

TO ROUTINE HKGO BRUSSELS

TELNO 002

OF 12074OZ MARCH 86

MNFO ROUTINE BONN, FCO

HKGO BRUSSELS FOR NIGEL FRENCH

BONN FOR LYSCOM

FCO FOR LEEKS

FROM WOODHOUSE, SECURITY BRANCH

YOUR TELNOS B 222 AND B 223: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: WEST GERMANY.

WE HAVE NOT (NOT) RECEIVED ANY LISTS FROM THE UNHCR HERE REGARDING WEST GERMANY. THEY HAVE INFORMED US THAT THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES SOUGHT A ONCE-AND-FOR-ALL INTAKE OF 300 REFUGEES FROM THE REGION IN 1984, OF WHOM ABOUT 30 WERE FROM HONG KONG. THESE

CASES WERE PASSED TO THE GERMANS IN 1984. THEY AGREED TO CONSIDER

32 FROM HONG KONG BUT, DUE TO A DELAY IN CONSIDERING THESE CASES, SOME WERE RESETTLED BY OTHER COUNTRIES AND SOME MARRIED (WHICH

DISQUALIFIED THEM). THE UNHCR NOW CONFIRMS THAT THERE ARE ABOUT

18 CASES REMAINING AND WE ASSUME THAT THESE ARE THE 16 CASES

MENTIONED IN PARA 6 OF BONN'S TELNO 133.

2. WE HAVE ASKED THE UNHCR TO UNTANGLE THIS MATTER, BUT THIS WILL TAKE TIME. IN ANY EVENT, THERE WILL BE MORE REFUGEES WHO HAVE

ARRIVED SINCE 1984 WHO HAVE RELATIVES IN WEST GERMANY. THE UNHCR HERE

ADVISES THAT THERE MAY BE 20 WITH CLOSE LINKS AND 53 WITH EXTENDED

LINKS. AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE DETAILS, WE WILL PASS THEM TO YOU.

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