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154242 MDHIAN 7258
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FM CANBERRA
TO DESKBY 04100OZ FCO
TELNO 333
OF 040800A APRIL 90
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02 MAY 1990
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLGONG KONG, BERKONG
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REGISTRY
Action Taken
YOUR TELNO 245 AND MY TELNOS 314 AND 318: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG: AUSTRALIA
SUMMARY
1. AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ONLY PARTIALLY HELPFUL.
DETAIL
2. WE HAVE PERSUADED THE AUSTRALIANS TO AGREE TO WORDING WHICH WE BELIEVE TO BE A MARGINAL IMPROVEMENT ON THAT IN THE SECOND SENTENCE OF THE TEXT IN PARA 6 OF MY FIRST TUR. IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAVE, HOWEVER, PROPOSED LANGUAGE FOR THE THIRD SENTENCE OF THAT TEXT WHICH WHICH WE SEE AS WEAKENING
IT TO THE EXTENT THAT IT BECOMES ALMOST COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. THE TEXT TO WHICH THE AUSTRALIANS AGREED LATE THIS AFTERNOON IS:
BEGINS
IT IS NOT FOR ME TO EXPLAIN DETAILED AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS. HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE REGULATIONS MAKE GENEROUS PROVISION FOR THOSE GRANTED MIGRANT STATUS TO TRAVEL WIDELY DURING THE FIRST 3 YEARS AFTER THEIR FIRST ARRIVAL UNDER THEIR MIGRANT VISA IN AUSTRALIA, INDEED, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE WHO FULFIL CERTAIN SPECIFIC CONDITIONS CAN TRAVEL OR LIVE OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA SOON AFTER THEIR FIRST THREE YEARS WITHOUT NECESSARILY PREJUDICING THEIR MIGRANT OR RESIDENCY STATUS.
SUCH ARRANGEMENTS CAN OF COURSE BE VALUABLE ETC
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3. WE HAVE SPOKEN AGAIN TO IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT ARGUING THAT THEIR PROPOSED THIRD SENTENCE TAKES NO ACCOUNT OF THOSE ABLE TO LIVE OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA WITHOUT PREJUDICING THEIR ENTITLEMENT, AFTER THEIR INITIAL THREE YEARS, TO A FIVE YEAR RETURN VISA (THE THREE CONCESSIONAL CATEGORIES IN ADCOCK'S LETTER TO BLUNT FAXED TO MAJOR/HKD AND DPA/HONG KONG) AND THAT IT IS SUCH CATEGORIES
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