TNAG-1799-FCO40-2559-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-ex-China-Vietnamese-illegal-im-1988 — Page 71

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 2755

OF 18110OZ JULY 88

CONFIDENTIAL

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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA

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YOUR TELNO 924 AND 1840 : ECVIIS

1o JUL 1988

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WE HAVE AGREED WITH THE UNHCR THAT THE 56 EX FANG CHENG AND NING

MING CASES WOULD BE RESETTLED FROM HONG KONG ALTHOUGH THEY WILL

CONTINUE TO BE CLASSIFIED AS ECVIIS.

2.

IT WAS REPORTED IN TELNO 626 FROM PEKING THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE REPATRIATION OF REFUGEES FROM FANG CHENG AS THEY WERE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE REFUGEES WHO HAD BEEN SETTLED IN THE MAINLAND. IN ADDITION, THE BRITISH SIDE WAS REQUESTED TO SEEK THE ASSISTANCE OF THE UNHCR IN THE QUESTION OF RESETTLEMENT FOR THE FANG

CHENG AND NING MING CASES.

3.

IN ACCORDANCE TO THE REQUEST FROM THE CHINESE, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE UNHCR TO DISCUSS THE DIRECT RESETTLEMENT OF THE 56 FANG

CHENG AND NING MING CASES FROM HONG KONG. IT WAS AGREED IN THE MEETING THAT THE 56 ECVIIS IN HONG KONG SHOULD BE PROCESSED TOGETHER WITH THE REMAINING CASES IN FANG CHENG. THE UNHCR IS NOW

IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING THE 56 ECVIIS.

4.

INCIDENTALLY, 15 OF THESE 56 CASES WERE ORIGINALLY DISEMBARKED IN HONG KONG UNDER RASRO WITH GUARANTEES PROVIDED BY GREECE. UNHCR

HAS AGREED TO CONTACT THE GREEK CONSULATE GENERAL REGARDING THE

POSSIBILITY OF RENEWING THE GUARANTEES.

WILSON

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