TNAG-1538-FCO40-2102-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 25

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THEY AGAIN RAISED THE SPECTRE OF NOT (NOT) BEING ABLE TO ET EVEN THEIR REDUCED QUOTA (700) THIS YEAR, SUFFICIENT ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES.

BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT PS OR P3 AND P5 CASES.

I SAID THAT THIS WAS WHY WE WERE

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THE INS REPRESENTATIVES VIEW THE REFUGEE PROBLEM FROM AN IMMIGRATION VIEWPOINT. THEY SUPPORT, AND PROBABLY WROTE, THE SECTION IN THE RAY PANEL REPORT WHICH ADVOCATES A TRANSFER FROM REFUGEE TO IMMIGRATION CHANNELS. THEY WERE SENSITIVE, AS WERE THE STATE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES YESTERDAY, TO ACCUSATIONS THAT INS STAFF WERE BEING MUCH TOUGHTER IN HONG KONG. BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT AND THIS WAS PROBABLY LEADING TO THE HIGHER

I SAID THAT THE CASES WERE REFUSAL RATE.

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THEY ALSO ILLUSTRATE THE AMBIVALENT ATTITUTE OF TOWARDS THIS PROBLEM. ON THE ONE HAND THEY DO NOT (NOT) WISH TO TAKE

THE US ANY MORE, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND THEY ARE RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT THE FACT THAT SOME OF THOSE WHO LEAVE VIETNAM MIGHT EVENTUALLY BE RETURNED THERE. BECAUSE OF THIS ATTITUDE ANY SOLUTIONS (WHICH MUST INVOLVE THE AMERICANS) WILL UNDOUBTEDLY DEVELOP SLOWLY AS PUBLIC AND POLITICAL PERCEPTIONS CHANGE.

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