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Paras 8 & 9
Para. ll (ii) Yes:
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Annex A, para. 6 (c)
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Annex A, para. 8
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Security Branch.
We do not understand the distinction being drawn in this paragraph. It begins as if our treatment of new arrivals would be different from those now in Hong Kong. But it then deals with involuntary repatriat- ion per se. As drafted, the paragraph also misses the point about publicity; we would seek publicity and, if our thinking is correct, would only have to return a small number of non-refugees to Vietnam for the policy to prove its effectiveness. We feel that this paragraph should be re-written.
The history appears to be OK but a thorough check has not been made.
We do not understand the difference between "ethnic Chinese inhabitants of Hong Kong" and "the Hong Kong population". We would have thought these were the same people. But the point should be made in this paragraph that there is strong local support, regularly re-affirmed, for our policy on the repatriat- ion of illegal immigrants from China.
We use publicity as our major weapon against illegal immigrants from China. We have regular meetings to co-ordinate publicity on the capture and repatriation of illegal immigrants. We try to publicise our efforts to the greatest possible extent in order to deter others from attempting to enter Hong Kong illegally.
Over 110,000 Vietnamese have entered Hong Kong as refugees.
The first sentence should mention the 20 places per month which have been offered for local settlement.
The third sentence should be amended to read "although the rate of arrivals tended to fall in 1983, 1984 and 1985, it has started to rise again in 1986. A significant proportion of arrivals in 1986 in Hong Kong from Indo-China are from North Vietnam". Resettlement in 1986 at present is a few percent higher than in 1985, although we are not confident that we will exceed the 1985 total.
Later on in this paragraph it should be point- ed out that the Australians are also reluctant to consider North Vietnamese as genuine refugees.
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