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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY OMELCO TO SUPPLY TO THEM ANNUAL FIGURES FOR THE

LAST 5 CALENDAR YEARS (1983 TO 1987 INCLUSIVE) FOR REFUGEES FROM ALL

SOURCES ACCEPTED FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BROKEN

DOWN AS FOLLOWS:

(A) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ACCEPTED FROM HONG KONG.

(B) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ACCEPTED DIRECT FROM VIETNAM.

(C) REFUGEES ACCEPTED FROM OTHER SOURCES.

2. AS REGARDS (A) WE HAVE THESE FIGURES ALREADY AVAILABLE. AS

REGARDS (B) WE HAVE THE FIGURES QUOTED IN PARA 3(C) OF TUR. DO THESE REPRESENT ALL DIRECT REFUGEE ARRIVALS FROM VIETNAM IN UK?

3. AS REGARDS (C) WE SHOULD GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SUPPLY THE

NECESSARY FIGURES FOR THE INFORMATION OF OMELCO.

4. IN ADDITION OMELCO HAVE ASKED FOR SUPPLEMENTARY

STATISTICS IN

RESPECT OF ALL THREE GROUPS COVERING THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF 1988. GRATEFUL FOR THESE FIGURES ALSO, IF AVAILABLE, IN RESPECT OF

(B) AND (C) ABOVE.

WILSON

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