TNAG-1527-FCO40-2091-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-general-1986 — Page 260

CODE 18-77

AWO Ltd. 7/84

Mr Leeks

Mr Layden

Mr Galsworthy

VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES'

RESTRICTED

ME3AFT

Reference

HKK 24371

RESETTLEMENT

IN UK: MEETING Ат HOME

OFFICE, 21 JANUARY 1986

cases.

This meeting was called to review the administrative

reunion for processing the SCORRI family

people attended including:

1.

arrangements

A total of 19

HO (IND):

Mr Rawsthorne Mr Handley

Miss Hebden

Mr Wells

HO (VSU):

Mr Lewis

HKGO:

UNHCR:

Mr Lawrence

Mr Tang

Mr von Arnim + 1

BRC:

Refugee

Mr Barber + 1

Action:

MS

Meiklejohn

2

Ockend en Venture: Mr Denton Mr Nguyen

FAMILY REUNION CASES

2.

The process in UK is more

involved

than I had

realised.

The 2 voluntary agencies (Refugee Action and Ockend en Venture) each draw up monthly

a

with sponsors

of list

30 about prospective

relatives in camps in Hong Kong eligible for resettlement. Lists provided by Hong Kong are the agencies' major source

by

supplement ed

find

records. The Hong Kong lists frequently are out

the

agencies

i t

to

their own

as of date

and addresses regards

difficult locate refugees who have moved once regular contact with them has ceased. In addition up to 25% of sponsors' names on the HKG lists

unknown to

The agencies check prospective

sponsors are still willing and that housing refugee

local authority accommodation or sponsor is available. They need to organise housing

were

centre,

of families

resettled.

them.

The

After HO has

that

agencies'

lists are

unified checked the lists i t

in a wi th for 80% further list to

a

scrutinised by BRC (Mrs Kemp) who forwards a the Home Office. forward" by means of telex to the HKG.

3.

In Hong Kong, Immigration Department called forward and centres until they travel to UK;

those place

locate in

calls

those to be resettled

transit travel arrangements are made problems

addresses outside here where Occur

in used. Mr Tang,

answer to question from:

by ICM.

the camps

Address

are

a

one of the agencies, said that very few refugees live outside

frequently refugees listed by

closed camps.

More

agencies may have been resettled elsewhere.

MKK 243/3

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

28 JAN1986

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

REGISTRY

PA

Action Takan

R

Q

the