TNAG-1536-FCO40-2100-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 82

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Action Taken

MIPT: UNHCR: INFORMAL EXCOM, 13 JUNE: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG

KONG

POINTS TO MAKE

GENERAL

1.

REMAIN SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT 8,400 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES STILL IN HONG KONG. UK AND HONG KONG ARE RESETTLING MORE REFUGEES, AS ARE SEVERAL FRIENDS AND ALLIES. PRESSING

OTHERS TO DO MORE.

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WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CONTINUING

EFFORTS TO PERSUADE OTHER COUNTRIES TO RESETTLE REFUGEES: THESE HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN PARALLEL WITH UK'S OWN DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN TO EXHORT OTHERS TO FOLLOW OUR EXAMPLE IN RESETTLING MORE REFUGEES.

DIPLOMATIC CAMPAIGN

3. SINCE OUR CAMPAIGN BEGAN LAST SEPTEMBER THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES HAVE AGREED TO OFFER NEW RESETTLEMENT PLACES FOR

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG.

AUSTRALIA

CANADA

FINLAND

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200 PLACES

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- 500

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