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TEMPORARY SETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
4. Hong Kong provides temporary refuge, while the United
Nations High Commissioner for Re fugees arranges permanent
resettlement in third countries, for any refugees who reach
Hong Kong in their own boats or who are picked up at sea by
vessels for which Hong Kong is the next scheduled port of call
Över 7,700 Vietnamese refugees in this category have arrived
in Hong Kong since January 1978.
THE HUEY FONG
5. The Hong Kong Government allowed the 3,300 refugees from
the HUEY FONG to land, even though Hong Kong was not the
vessel's next scheduled port of call. The decision was taken
for humanitarian reasons after the vessel had remained at
anchor outside Hong Kong for four weeks, since the Master
refused to continue his journey to Taiwan. The decision did
not imply any change in Hong Kong's adherence to the first-
port-of-call policy.
THE SKYLUCK
6.
This Panamanian-registered vessel arrived off Hong Kong
on 7 February, with some 3,000 refugees aboard.
The Hong
Kong Government is investigating how this came about and are
meanwhile supplying food, water and essential medical supplies
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