GRS 250
RESTRICHITED
FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 15093OZ FCO
TELNO 1106
OF 15093OZ APRIL 86
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YOUR TELNO 650 PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION WHETNAMESE REFUGEES.
WE AGREE WITH YOUR DRAFT REPLY.
2. ON BACKGROUND, THE PRESS HERE HAVE LARGELY #GNORED THIS REPORT. WE HAVE PASSED COPIES TO THE VOLUNTARY AGENCHES IN THE CLOSED CENTRES. THERE IS SOME RESENTMENT AT HITS SARCASTIC TREATMENT OF THEIR EFFORTS. WE ARE NOT (NOT) #NUNDATED WITH REQUESTS FROM VOLAGS TO WORK WITH REFUGEES AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE EFFORTS OF THOSE FEW WHO DO. THEY ARE HERE IN HONG KONG WORKING AT A DIFFICULT AND THANKLESS JOB.
3. WE WILL BE CONSIDERING WHETHER ANY CHANGES SHOULD BE #NTRODUCED
AS A RESULT OF THE REPORT. MIT IS UNLIKELY THAT WE WILL RESPOND FORMALLY TO REFUGEE ACTION.
4. RECENT STATISTICS DISAPPOINTNINGLY SHOW AN #NCREASE OF 43 PERCENT UN ARRIVALS SO FAR THIS YEAR COMPARED WITH JANUARY TO APRÍL 1985.
WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED AT THE DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF NORTH
WIETNAMESE AMONG THESE ARRIVALS. THEY ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO RESETTLE.
YOUDE
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