PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
for WRITTEN answer on. 19 May 1975
SEAD
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
NOON MONDAY
19 MAY
Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he will make a statement about the present numbers and condition of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong; and what progress has been made in finding permanent homes for them.
David C.mals
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3,909 refugees are temporarily accommodated in special reception centres with medical and other essential services provided. Very few wish to remain there and some twenty governments are considering approaches we and the Hong Kong Government have made about resettlement. The Hong Kong authorities deserve high praise for their handling of this emergency.
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