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MY TELNO 171: VHETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
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́1. NZ GOVERNMENT HAS NOW FORMALLY ANNOUNCED THAT 450 REFUGEES WILL BE ADMITTED IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR. WE UNDERSTAND THAT 360 OF THESE WILL BE SELECTED FROM THOSE WITH CLOSE RELATINES ALREADY MN NZ, 40 FROM THE UNHCR RASRO AND SIMILAR SCHEMES, AND 50 FROM REFUGEES WHO HAVE BEEN IN CAMPS FOR
MORE THAN FOUR YEARS AND WHO HAVE HAD CHILDREN IN CAMP. NO DETAILED ALLOCATIONS ON A COUNTRY BASIS HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT SOME REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG CAMPS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS LAST CATERGORY (IMMIGRATHON DEPARTMENT HERE SUGGESTED AT LEAST TEN, BUT THIS MS SUBJECT TO MINISTERIAL CONFIRMATION) „
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