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THEY CLAIMED THAT REFUGEES FROM CLOSED CENTRES WERE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THAN THOSE FROM OPEN CENTRES. WHEN PRESSED VERY HARD BY ME THEY CITED AN INABILITY TO COOK FOR THEMSELVES (WHICH BEEN OVERCOME BY EMPLOYING A HOUSEKEEPER) AND BEING UNABLE TO PLAN EXPENDITURE PROPERLY. I SAID THAT I HAD ASKED OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES WHETHER THEY HAD EXPERIENCED THIS PROBLEM. NONE HAD.
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REFUGEE ACTION WAS CONTINUING TO PRESS THE HOME OFFICE TO ACCEPT THE REMAINING FAMILY REUNION CASES IN HONG KONG. BRC, OF WHICH REFUGEE ACTION IS A CONSTITUENT MEMBER, HAS A MEETING WITH THE HOME OFFICE LATER THIS MONTH AND I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD PRESS FOR THE REMAINING FAMILY REUNION CASES IN HONG KONG (WHATEVER THE NUMBER) TO BE ADMITTED. THEY CALIM (CORRECTLY) THAT THE WHITE PAPER OF SEPTEMBER 1985 HAD NO NUMERIC LIMIT.
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