TNAG-1536-FCO40-2100-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 90

GPS 450

UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 1744

OF 060245Z JUNE 86

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MIPT.

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

17 JUN 1986

DESK OFFICER

INDEX.

PA

REGISTRY

Action Taken

VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

FOLLOWING #ES TEXT OF HKGO BRUSSELS TELNO 8553.

BEGINS.

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Hi jockey;

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AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE JOURNAL/HST PHILIPPE PAQUET, WE WERE

CONTACTED DIRECTLY TODAY BY A BELOHAN ALBERT GUYAUX. ACTING FOR THE PARIS BASED MEDECIMIS DU MONDE, HE BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS SOME WEEKS AGO WITH SEMPOR OFFICIALS M THE JUSTICE MINISTRY'S DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR IMMIGRANTS AND THE ALLOCATION OF WISAS

FOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF A NUMBER OF BOAT REFUGEES FROM THE CAP ANAMUR/REGINE. IN ADDITION, HE WAS PERSUADED BY PHILIPPE PAQUET OF THE NECESSITY TO TRY TO ALSO OBTAIN SOME VISAS FOR THE

VRS IN CAMPS M HK AND PRESENTED THE OFFICIALS WITH THE ORIGINAL

LIST OF 29 FAMILY REUMION CASES YOU HAD GIVEN TO PAQUET WHEN HE

WISHTED HK LAST YEAR,

MR GUYAUX RECENTLY RECEIVED CONFIRMAT:MON THAT 30 VISAS

COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE BOAT REFUGEES BUT THAT A LAW

PASSED LAST YEAR PROMEDITED THE (PSSUE OF VISAS FOR FAMILY REUNION PURPOSES UNLESS THE RELATIONSHIP WAS A DIRECT ONE (PARENT, CHILD). AS THIS IS NOT THE CASE FOR THE MAJORITY OF VRS ON THE LIST, MR GUYAUX HAS MANAGED TO OBTAIN A MAJOR CONCESSION INVOLVING A DEROGATION OF THE LAW ON A ONE TIME BASIS FOR 29 FAMILY

REUNION CASES.

3. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE APPROVAL FOR THE GRANTING OF VISAS FOR 30 BOAT REFUGEES FROM THE CAP ANAMUR/REGINE AND 29 FAMILY REUNION CASES FROM HK HAS BEEN SIGNED ALTHOUGH MR GUYAUX HAS NOT

YET RECEIVED HIS COPY. HE HAS HOWEVER BEEN CHARGED BY THE BELGIAN

GOVERNMENT TO INTERVIEW AND MAKE ANY SELECTION NECESSARY OF THE REFUGEES * HK AND ALSO TO ASCERTAIN TO WHAT EXTENT LANGUAGE AND

SKILL TRAINING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM BEFORE THEY LEAVE

HK (WHICH WILL NOT BE BEFORE JANUARY NEXT YEAR BECAUSE OF BELGIAN BUDGETARY RESTRAINTS). HE HAS ALSO BEEN CHARGED TO VISIT ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE REFUGEES HERE IN BELGIUM TO ENSURE THAT

THEY ARE WILLING AND FINANCIALLY ABLE TO ACCEPT THEIR RELATIONS

NOW IN HK.

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