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Mr James Boyden, MP, Chairman of the Europe Committee of the Standing Conference on Refugees, has written to Mr Luard with the request that HMG might consider:
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increasing the number of Vietnamese "boat people" we are prepared to accept into the UK, beyond the established quota of 116, and
accepting applications from refugees on board the "ROLAND" and "LEAP DAL" who were not themselves originally "boat people". (The term "boat people" is given to refugees who have sailed from Vietnam, or been rescued at sea, and landed at various ports in South East Asia.)
Mr Boyden refers to earlier correspondence with Mr Luard on this subject.
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These are, primarily, matters for the Home Office.
A member of my Department, who attends meetings of the Europe Committee as an "observer" has reported that some of its members had considerable misgivings about the wisdom of asking for a
Persuasive arguments from further intake of Vietnamese refugees.
the UNHCR representative, however, secured their assent.
Background
5. As a result of a UNHCR appeal last year for resettlement places for "boat people", the Home Secretary decided in January to accept into the UK, over a period of time, up to 116 Vietnamese refugees. This decision was brought to the attention
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