TNAG-1802-FCO40-2562-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-the-UK-1988 — Page 254

IN A DALJEN & Anu

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:

(i)

(ii)

a) family groups rather

han

continuation of the present family reunion scheme on the existing basis once the present quota of 468 is exhausted

in May of June 1989. About another 200 meet the same

family reunion criteria: they would continue to be

resettled at a rate of 20 a month;

selected from those in Hong Kong who

an additional quota which might be drawn from the following categories: apply for settlement in the uk,

Ah, giving particular weight to:

unattached (2) Individuals;

in the wK

refugees selected on the basis of skills that could help them more quickly to become self-sufficient

bat skills refugees sponsored by organisations or individuals here

with other than family links with the UK

through contacts witt

those who have turned down earlier UK offers, thereby

making themselves ineligible for resettlement

elsewhere;

(a) long-stayers;

Resettlement under this heading would begin now and

run at an additional 20 a month until resettlement

under (i) is exhausted, and thereafter at 40 a

month.

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2.

Under this proposal resettlement would be at the rate of 40 a

month. It would stretch over about 2 years.

CONFIDENTIAL