TNAG-1537-FCO40-2101-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 175

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PARA 2 OF TUR : AS DISCUSSED IN TELECON UNDER REF WE APPRECIATE THAT UNHCR MAY BE RELUCTANT TO FUND AN ESF COURSE WITHOUT A FIRM FRENCH COMMITMENT TO RESETTLE AT LEAST SOME OF THOSE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COURSE. BUT IT IS PLAINLY IN UNHCR'S INTERESTS, AS WELL AS HONG KONG'S, THAT WHERE NECESSARY TRAINING SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO ENABLE REFUGEES TO SECURE RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS AS A 'DURABLE SOLUTION' TO HONG KONG'S CONTINUING

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