TNAG-1802-FCO40-2562-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-the-UK-1988 — Page 224

CONFIDENTIAL

PROPOSED ADDITIONAL RESETTLEMENT COMMITMENT FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT

PEOPLE IN HONG KONG

1.

An additional commitment of 1,000 is proposed, to run from now on the following basis:

a) an extension of the present family reunion scheme to

about another 200 who meet the same family reunion criteria;

b) an additional quota of around 800 selected from those in

Hong Kong who wish to come to the UK giving particular weight to:

i) family groups

ii) refugees with the potential more quickly to become

self sufficient in the UK;

iii) refugees with links with the UK through contacts

with organisations or individuals here;

iv) those who did not take up earlier UK offers,

thereby inadvertently making themselves ineligible for

resettlement elsewhere;

v) long stayers.

2. Under this proposal resettlement of the 1000 would begin as

soon as practicable with 20 per month until the present family reunion scheme expires in May or June next year and continue with 40 per month thereafter. It would stretch over about 2 years.

(cd16/fd)