TNAG-1536-FCO40-2100-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 95

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---INDOCHINESE REFUGEES FROM EKONG

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AS INDICATED IN REFTEL GOVT SPONSORED ALLOCATION IN 1986 FOR

INDOCHINESE REFUGEES IN HKONG HAS BEEN RAISED BY 450 PLACES,

FROM INITIAL 650/650 TO 1100/1100.THIS INCREASE IS A

REFLECTION OF CDAS UNDERTAKING TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMMON

INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INDOCHINESE

REFUGEES IN HKONG, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF SITUATION IN

CLOSED CAMPS.THIS FOLLOWS THE APPEAL OF THE UN HIGH

COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AT EXCOM IN OCTOBER.IT ALSO

RECOGNIZES THE COMMITMENT OF UK TO MAKE AN INCREASED EFFORT

TO HELP RELIEVE THE BURDEN OF EKONG.

2.WE REQUEST YOU CALL ON GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES AT APPROPRIATE

LEVEL TO BRING THIS CANADIAN RESPONSE TO THEIR ATTENTION AND TO

INDICATE THAT WE HOPE THEY WILL CONTINUE THEIR RESETTLEMENT OF

INDOCHINESE REFUGEES IN COMING YEARS.CANADA WILL OF COURSE BE

LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT THEIR RESPONSES, AND AT RESETTLEMENT

EFFORTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.AS WE BEGIN THE PROCESS

OF SETTING THE REFUGEE PLAN FOR 1987.

3.ADVISE.

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

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GOVERNMENT OF CANADA”

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GOVERNEMENT DU CANADA"