01-AUG-1993
16:56
POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFF.
852 804 6732
P.03
SPEAKING NOTE
Ex-China Vietnamese Illegal Immigrands
On 16 July, Mr. Goodlad raised with you the question of ///// ECVIIS arriving in Hong Kong. He explained that if *** surge of arrivals continued, this would create serious problems. He asked the Chinese Government to agree urogr accept back those BCVIIS who had already arrived.
proposed new arrangements for handling such cases, to allow rapid return of subsequent new arrivals.
That was nearly 3 weeks ago. Meanwhile, the zuc arrivals has not merely continued but intensified. present influx started on 25 June, 2.166 ECHTTO have a Hong kong, with 209 arriving in a single day on a date, of the most recent arrivals have said that they decid, : off because they had heard that those who had oreceded t Hong Kong were not being sent back.
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On 22 July, the Chinese Government announced til: ECVIIs who had previously been settled in China would back as soon as possible. This is a welcome restatern chinese policy, as far as it goes. But it will solve the immediate problem. There is no slys the. any effect on the arrival rate. Indeed, as the were statements by new arrivals confirm, the only effecting is for those who reach Hong Kong to be returned Date
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you to agree without ( proposals. In particuleu aprangements we decide upon for speeding up the hond future arrivais, we believe it is essentia. immediatel returning those already in Hong Kong
problem could soon reach critical proportaUTU serious burdens which the BCVITs are putting of this Government would increase: as would the scale of resettlement problem facing the Chinese Onvoonman, b do get under way. we urge you to begin working wit
avoid this.
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