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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals the Government has for receiving into this country more refugees from Vietnam; and if he will make a statement.
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The Government has decided that, as part of the wider international effort to
cope with the
problems caused in South East Asia by the continuing
out-flow of refugees from Vietnam, and in response to appeals by the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, it will admit to this country over the .
next 12-15 months a further 1500 Vietnamese former "boat" refugees. These refugees
will be in addition to any who are already admitted under existing policy. Of the
will 1500 refugees, 1000/come from those already in Hong Kong awaiting resettlement and
the remainder in equal proportions from those in similar situations in Malaysia
and Thailand. Arrangements for their reception and resettlement will be the
responsibility of the voluntary refugee organisations co-ordinated by the British
Council for Aid to Refugees to whom the Government will be giving appropriate
consultation
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financial and practical assistance - in/with the other interests concerned.
The Government is very grateful to the voluntary refugee organisations for their
willingness to help.
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