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TELNO 710
OF 140945Z MARCH 88
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YOUR TELNO 0846, OUR TELNO 523: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED FROM THE HOME OFFICE THE STATISTICS REQUESTED IN YOUR TUR. THEY ARE SET OUT BELOW:
(A)
(B)
(C)
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ACCEPTED FROM HONG KONG (NOT
REFUGEES UNDER THE 1951 CONVENTION DEFINITION): VIETNAMESE ACCEPTED DIRECT FROM VIETNAM UNDER ODP: REFUGEES ACCEPTED FROM ALL OTHER SOURCES: THOSE GIVEN EXCEPTIONAL LEAVE TO REMAIN IN UK.
(D)
A
B
C
D
1983
101
856
1,185
939
1984
88
588
649
779
1985
44 325
866
2,121
1986
474 213
459
2,332
1987
156
162
NA
NA
2.
AS REGARDS (B) THESE FIGURES CORRESPOND TO THOSE IN PARA 3(C) OF OUR TUR AND (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) DO REPRESENT ALL DIRECT ARRIVALS FROM VIETNAM IN UK. HOWEVER THEY SHOULD NOT STRICTLY BE REFERRED TO AS REFUGEES SINCE THEY ARE LEAVING THEIR OWN COUNTRY LEGALLY TO ENTER ANOTHER LEGALLY (OUR TELNO 523 AND 524).
3
WE HAVE INCLUDED COLUMN D FOR YOUR INFORMATION. THESE FIGURES REPRESENT THOSE WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR REFUGEE STATUS UNDER THE CRITERIA DEFINED IN THE 1951 UN CONVENTION ON REFUGEES, BUT WHO WE HAVE NOT RETURNED TO THEIR OWN COUNTRY DUE EITHER TO THEIR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR TO THE SITUATION IN THAT COUNTRY WHICH MAKES THEIR RETURN UNACCEPTABLE.
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