TNAG-1535-FCO40-2099-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-repatriation-1986 — Page 5

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Para 3(i) add to Last

sentence after "14500": "Vietnamese

refugees

and decided in February 1986 to accept a further 250 at a rate of 20

per month".

Para 3(ii) in line 3, delete "refugee",

in line 4, add

add after "cases": ", of which only 14 have

been from Hong Kong since 1979 out of 110,000 refugees who have

passed through the territory",

in Line 10, "escapees" should read "escapers".

between "The authorities

Para 6 add at end of sentence

in South

China and Macao": ", but Hong Kong has not turned away any boats

which wish to load".

Revise sentence starting "This was coupled with "to begin:

told are

on arrival of the policy, and of the slim

resettlement prospects and are offered the option of

"Refugees

Para 12 revise begining thus: "It is the

the view of Hong Kong that

repatriation should be introduced for future arrivals only, and from a given date which should be well publicised in advance: this could

help to reduce the number which had to be returned,

fact and the

that some had been returned would in turn reduce the number coming

thereafter. However, if involuntary repatriation were extended to

all current asylum-seekers, there would undoubtedly be much greater

difficulties:

(i)

the current

Appendix A para 6(a) replace "including

"including ethnic Chinese inhabitants

of" by "in",

insert "strong" between "the" and "general",

Para

"in replace

6(c)

effectively".

Low-profile

Para 7 figure in line 2 should be 110,000.

manner"

with "swiftly

and

are month first sentence "and 20 per at end of

Para 8 add

absorbed

in

a

new

programme

to

resettle

250 ethnic

now being

Chinese

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