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REFUGEES AND ASYLUM,

COMMITTEE: HOME AFFAIRS SELECT COMMITTEE:

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE VIETNAMESE

213)

REPORT NO AND DATE:

MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS ACCEPTED PART 1

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72-1 16 APRIL 1985

1.

нии гиз 243

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- 4 JUN 1986

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Action Taken

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Action Ta' in

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5.

Family reunion criteria should be relaxed in respect of Vietnamese in camps in countries of temporary asylum. (Recommendation 1).

A considerable degree of

Ministerial discretion should be retained in the granting of family reunion applications. (Recommendation 4).

Britain's willingness to relax its family reunion criteria for

Vietnamese in camps in countries of temporary asylum should be used as

a bargaining counter to attract offers of additional resettlement places from other countries. (Recommendation 5(i)).

The aim of such negotiations should be to reduce drastically the size of Hong Kong's Vietnamese refugee population and to resettle all those whose stay in camps has been prolonged.

(Recommendation 5(ii)).

The FCO should make resolution of

Hong Kong's Vietnamese refugee problem a major priority in its dealings with foreign governments. (Recommendation 6).