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NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES
WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT DOING TO ALLEVIATE THE PLIGHT OF
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES?
1. The United Kingdom has accepted 1,306 Indo-Chinese refugees
since the fall of South Vietnam in 1975. Nearly 700 of them are
so-called "boat refugees". In addition, the Government has
undertaken to admit for settlement in the United Kingdom all
refugees from Vietnam rescued by UK-registered vessels who are
not acceptable for resettlement elsewhere. This apart, the
Home Secretary is examining urgently and sympathetically whether
to admit further groups of Indo-Chinese refugees.
HAS THE GOVERNMENT REMONSTRATED WITH THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT
ABOUT THE MASS EXODUS FROM VIETNAM? .
2. Yes. The responsibility for creating this deplorable
refugee problem rests squarely on the shoulders of the Vietnamese
Government. We have made it abundantly clear to them that we
abhor their human rights record in this regard.
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