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TO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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MIPT: UNHCR: INFORMAL EXCOM, 13 JUNE: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG
KONG
POINTS TO MAKE
GENERAL
1.
REMAIN SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT 8,400 VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES STILL IN HONG KONG. UK AND HONG KONG ARE RESETTLING MORE REFUGEES, AS ARE SEVERAL FRIENDS AND ALLIES. PRESSING
OTHERS TO DO MORE.
2.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CONTINUING
EFFORTS TO PERSUADE OTHER COUNTRIES TO RESETTLE REFUGEES: THESE
HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN PARALLEL WITH UK'S OWN DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN TO
EXHORT OTHERS TO FOLLOW OUR EXAMPLE IN RESETTLING MORE REFUGEES.
DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN
3. SINCE OUR CAMPAIGN BEGAN LAST SEPTEMBER THE FOLLOWING
COUNTRIES HAVE AGREED TO OFFER NEW RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
FINLAND
200 PLACES
- 500
-
- 80
NETHERLANDS - 80
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