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YOUR TELNO 128: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
1. FIRST SECRETARY CHANCERY HAS TAKEN ACTION WITH HEAD OF
ASIAN AFFAIRS DIVISION, NZMFA. MFA ARE SYMPATHETIC TO OUR REQUEST AND WILL TAKE UP WITH NZ IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.
2. IMMIGRATION HAVE CONFIRMED THAT IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS
24 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG, TEN OF WHOM ARE SPECIAL ALLOCATION CASES, HAVE BEEN RESETTLED IN NZ. IN
PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION, IMMIGRATION CONFIRMED THAT NO
DECISION ON QUOTAS FOR THIS YEAR HAD BEEN TAKEN. THEY ARE
TRYING TO REALIGN THE IMMIGRATION YEAR WITH THE FINANCIAL
YEAR AND HAVE PROPOSED, IN A PAPER TO BE SUBMITTED TO CABINET SHORTLY, AN INTAKE OF 450 FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDING 31 MARCH 1987. THIS FIGURE IS PROPORTIONALLY LOWER THAN THE CURRENT
YEAR'S FIGURE OF OF 650 PLUS 70 SPECIAL CASES.
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PS/ MIR RENTON SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
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