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YOUR TELNO 324 TO ATHENS VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG:

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SUMMARY

1

THE MFA HAVE EXPLAINED CURRENT POLICY. NO DETAILS ABOUT THE HANDLING OF THIS YEAR'S QUOTA BUT ALL FAMILY REUNION CASES SAID

TO BE RESOLVED. THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENT HEAD WILL BE IN GENEVA FOR

THE UNHCR EXECUTIVE MEETING FROM 6 OCTOBER.

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2. WE REPORTED (OUR TELNO 144) THAT 50 PLACES IN DENMARK'S 1986 QUOTA HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. THE

MFA NOW TELL US HOWEVER THAT THIS FIGURE RELATES TO ALL VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES IE FROM THE WHOLE SOUTH EAST ASIAN AREA. THE MFA HAVE

EXPLAINED THAT THIS FIGURE IS PART OF A QUOTA FOR ALL REFUGEES OF

250 AND SAY THAT IN INTER-MINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS THEY HAD INDICATED

THEY WISHED TO SEE PRIORITY GIVEN TO VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, IMPLYING

THIS WAS ONE REASON WHY 20% OF THEIR QUOTA HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO

THEM.

3. WE ENQUIRED WHAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN MEETING THE 1986

QUOTA. THE MFA UNDERTOOK TO ENQUIRE. THEY HAVE SINCE TOLD US THAT

THE DIRECTORATE OF ALIENS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE THE

INFORMATION IN TIME TO MEET YOUR DEADLINE. (THE DIRECTORATE IS

CURRENTLY HEAVILY PRESSED SINCE THE ISSUE OF REFUGEES HAS BECOME A

CONTROVERSIAL POLITICAL POINT HERE).

4. SO FAR AS FAMILY REUNION CASES ARE CONCERNED, HOWEVER, THE MFA TOLD US THAT THE ALIENS DIRECTORATE SAY THAT ALL THOSE ON THE LIST

WHICH WE SENT TO THE MFA IN JANUARY (AND TO WHICH REFERENCE WAS MADE IN THE ALIENS DIRECTORATE'S LETTER ENCLOSED WITH HART'S 26 AUGUST LETTER TO MISS WALKER IN GENEVA) HAVE RECEIVED RESIDENCE PERMITS.

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