TNAG-1534-FCO40-2098-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation-1986 — Page 102

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1. Our present programme for the settlement of Vietnamese refugees will be completed in the next few months. Unless it is extended or renewed other resettlement countries will have little incentive to sustain their Own effort. Refugee numbers in Hong Kong could cease falling, or could even rise again. What action should we take?

Recommendations

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I recommend that:

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persuade the Home Office to

agree to a further intake of refugees from Hong Kong;

(ii) as a first step I should write accordingly to the

Home Office on the lines of the attached draft;

(iii)

while involuntary repatriation to Vietnam is not a feasible option now or in the medium term we should begin consultation with resettlement countries, first asylum countries and the UNHCR on the long-term problem of "economic migrants" in SE Asia.

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