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INFO ROUTINE TOKYO, UKMIS GENEVA
2,
TOKYO'S TELNO 217: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES: RESETTLEMENT
MIPT REFERS
2. IN MARCH AND DECEMBER 1985, JAPAN SENT TWO TEAMS TO VISHIT HONG KONG AND MACAU IN ORDER TO SELECT REFUGEES FOR RESETTLEMENT. THE TEAM WHO VISITED HONG KONG IN MARCH AT FIRST SELECTED 11 CASES 25 PERSONS PROVISIONALLY. MY OFFICE WROTE TO THE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES AT THE JAPANESE CONSULATE ON 7 NOVEMBER 1985 SEEKING CONFIRMATION ON THE FINAL DECISION AND WE WERE ADVISED
TWO WEEKS LATER THAT THE FINAL ACCEPTANCE INCLUDED 8 CASES/18
PERSONS OF WHOM 4 CASES/7 PERSONS WERE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. OF THIS GROUP, THREE FAMILIES (5 PERSONS) DEPARTED TO JAPAN IN EARLY DECEMBER 1985. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE CASE OF TWO PERSONS WAS LATER REJECTED DUE TO THE COMPLICATION INVOLVING THE FAMILY AND
MARITAL STATUS OF THE PRINCIPAL APPLICANT. THE TEAM WHO VISITED
IN DECEMBER 1985 INFORMED US ON 7 FEBRUARY 1986 OF THE DECISION TO
ACCEPT 3 CASES COMPRISING 5 PERSONS. FOUR REFUGEES (2 CASES) ARE
SCHEDULED TO DEPART IN MARCH 1986 WHEREAS ONE REMAINING CASE
REQUIRES RECONSIDERATION AS WE HAVE DISCOVERED THAT ONLY THE
PRINCIPAL APPLICANT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BUT HER ACCOMPANYING BROTHER
WAS NOT APPROVED. WE ARE MAKING AN APPEAL ON BEHALF OF THE REFUGEES
CONCERNED FOR A RECONSIDERATION FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY (BOTH BROTHER
AND SISTER) TO BE RESETTLED TOGETHER TO AVOID SPLITTING THE FAMILY.
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-KK 243/1
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O 4 MAR 1986
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