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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG: PLANS OF RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES

AUSTRALIA

the year to mid-1986

ma y rise to 800

the region permits.

In response to Our request Australia has increased its offtak e

from Hong Kong for

from 400 to 600.

possible that this

if spare capacity within

Australia's quota for

This possibility appears

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to have been increased by Hong Kong's recent decision to resettle

250 refugees locally.

AUSTRIA

The

Austrian Government

is

reunion

cases supplied to the

examining a list of 27 family

Austrian Consulate General

in Hong

Kong.

BELGIUM

The

Belgian Government

reunion cases from Hong Kong.

is considering a list of 51 family

CANADA

The Canadian Government has

refugees from Hong Kong

increased

from 600 to

its quota for Vietnamese

650 for 1986, despite a

as

reduction in the general quota for 1986. The Canadians expect that,

in the last two years,

500 more they may offer 400 -

places to

Hong Kong when re-allocating unused places. We understand that the

Canadians will decide how to re-allocate some

of these places

March, and the rest in July/August.

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