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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: POSSIBLE UK RESETTLEMENT: COMMITMENT AND VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
UK RESETTLEMENT
THE LONDON CORRESPONDENT OF THE SOUTH CHINA MORING POST REPORTED ON 15 OCTOBER UNDER THE HEADLINE QUOTE UK MAY TAKE MORE REFUGEES UNQUOTE AS FOLLOWS:
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THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT MAY ALLOW MORE VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE TO SETTLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
GOVERNMENT MINISTERS ARE NOW CONSIDERING QUOTE ALL THE OPTIONS UNQUOTE ACCORDING TO A HOME OFFICE SPOKESMAN.... A FIGURE OF 1,000 MORE VIETNAMESE HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN SOME QUARTERS, ALTHOUGH IT IS UNDERSTOOD MINISTERS AS YET HAVE NO FIRM FIGURE IN MIND.
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2. IN THE LIGHT OF THIS REPORT WE CAN ANTICIPATE A SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION IN LEGCO ON 20.10.88 ASKING FOR CONFIRMATION OF THE QUOTED FIGURE OF 1,000 REPORTED IN THE SCMP. THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY WILL REPLY THAT HMG KEEPS THE QUESTION OF RESETTLEMENT PLACES UNDER REVIEW, BUT THAT HE IS NOT AWARE OF ANY DECISION TO INCREASE THE PRESENT QUOTA.
VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
3. ON 17 OCTOBER SCMP ANN QUON IS BONN REPORTED UNDER THE HEADLINE QUOTE BRITAIN BEGINS NEW PHASE OF TALKS ON BOAT PEOPLE UNQUOTE AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINS:
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS SENT A TEAM OF OFFICIALS TO
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