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(b) to increase the rate of departures by:
(i) voluntary repatriation to Vietnam;
(ii) absorption in Hong Kong;
(iii) integration in the region;
(iv) increased resettlement.
The submission concluded that only two of these options involuntary repatriation and increased
offered
prospect of success.
resettlement
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Mr Galsworthy
therefore recommended that we explore with the Vietnamese
real any
possibilities
of
office agreement to
a
the
also
seek
and repatriation,
Home
continuing UK offtake of
of refugees
from Hong Kong.
Repatriation
pursue
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15.
He felt that
The Secretary of State concluded that
discussions with bilateral
the Vietnamese
and Parliamentary
we should not
on
repatriation.
public
opinion would not accept that we should discuss involuntary repatriation with the Vietnamese, given our condemnation of
their policies.
16.
last
Our stance vis-a-vis
year.
subsequently
future.
We see no early prospect
in the
exchanges with the
expectation of securing reasonable assurances
involuntarily repatriated would response to general
to general enquiries by HMA Hanoi the Vietnamese
have told
Vietnamese
be
vis-a-vis Vietnam has not changed in the
it doing of
Nor have we any greater in bilateral
that any refugees
treated humanely.
SO
In
us
only that "illegal" emigrants imprisoned for up to 2 years: in the course of their escape they may also have committed other criminal offences example stealing a vessel or bribing officialdom). know of prison conditions is not reassuring.
may
be
(for
What we
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