TNAG-1540-FCO40-2104-Further-resettlement-of-Vietnamese-refugees-from-Hong-Kong-i-1986 — Page 175

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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG

REPATRIATION

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Mr Adams, SEAD Mr Williams, UND

KONG: RESETTLEMENT AND

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Problem

1. Our present programme for the settlement of Vietnamese refugees will be completed in the next few months. Unless

it is extended or renewed other resettlement countries will

have little incentive to sustain their own effort.

Refugee numbers in Hong Kong could cease falling, or could

even rise again. What action should we take?

Recommendations

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I recommend that:

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we should seek to

agree to a further intake of re fugees from Hong

Kong;

(ii) as a first step I should write accordingly to the

Home Office on the lines of the attached draft;

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while involuntary repatriation to Vietnam is not a feasible option now or in the medium term

we should begin consultation with resettlement

countries, first asylum countries and the UNHCR

on the long-term problem of "economic migrants"

in SE Asia.

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