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Services Unit in the Home Office has set up a special mechanism

aimed at ensuring the best use of vacancies in the reception centres

We hope that this will and accelerating transfers from Hong Kong.

soon lead to an improvement in the rate of resettlement.

3 To relieve the pressure on Hong Kong further, we have suggested that those waiting to travel to the UK should be transferred in the

As Hong Kong telno first instance to the RTC in the Philippines.

1753 makes clear, UNHCR have so far done nothing to implement this move. There is, however, no reason why they should not do so, and in addition to Hong Kong's efforts, we have asked UKMIS Geneva to obtain agreement from UNHCR headquarters for refugees to be transferred to Bataan.

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Although we are aiming to remove all 2000 refugees from Hong Kong by June 1992, the RTC will, if necessary, allow us until December 1992 to process those accepted for resettlement in the UK.

A JN Tansley

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