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HE WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER THE LONG TERM EFFECT OF DETENTION ON

REFUGEES: IF THEY BECAME QUOTE INSTITUTIONALISED UNQUOTE, IT WOULD BE MUCH HARDER FOR THEM TO RESUME NORMAL LIFE ELSEWHERE

AND RESETTLEMENT WHEN THEY WERE FINALLY GRANTED RESETTLEMENT. COUNTRIES WOULD BECOME MORE AND MORE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT SUCH PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD BE

DIFFICULT TO INTEGRATE SOCIALLY.

WE SHALL SEND YOU DETAILS OF M. HOCKE'S OTHER MEETINGS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND WITH THE HOME

SECRETARY, AS SOON AS WE CAN.

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