Identifier
Created
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09CANBERRA1022
2009-11-20 05:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Canberra
Cable title:
AUSTRALIA IS ACCEPTING BHUTANESE REFUGEES
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UNCLAS CANBERRA 001022
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PRM/ANE REBECCA KINSEY; MARK WEINBERG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BT IN NP PGOV PREF PREL AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA IS ACCEPTING BHUTANESE REFUGEES
REF: STATE 113863
UNCLAS CANBERRA 001022
SIPDIS
STATE FOR PRM/ANE REBECCA KINSEY; MARK WEINBERG
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: BT IN NP PGOV PREF PREL AS
SUBJECT: AUSTRALIA IS ACCEPTING BHUTANESE REFUGEES
REF: STATE 113863
¶1. (U) Australia is committed to the work of the Core Group.
Approximately 220 Bhutanese refugees were granted visas
between July 2006 and June 2008. In September 2008, the
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Chris Evans,
announced that Australia would accept 5,000 Bhutanese
refugees over five years. Approximately 800 Bhutanese
refugees have been granted visas since September 2008. They
are being resettled throughout Australia.
¶2. (U) Comment: The Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade's South and Central Asia Branch would be interested in
the number of refugee visas the US plans to grant to
Bhutanese refugees this year. DFAT would also like a
confirmation of the number of Bhutanese refugees accepted in
the U.S. last year. The number quoted by DFAT is 5,300.
Please email responses to Canberra's POC at
strohmeyervb@state.gov. End comment.
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