THEM TO LEAVE, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR A CAMP. THERE IS A REAL DANGER THAT ANY SUCH CAMP WILL TURN INTO SOME MINOR CONCENTRATION
CAMP WITH PEOPLE AWAITING THE POSSIBILITY OF LEAVING.
4. THEN THE SECOND PHASE IS, I THINK, WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO WOULD BE TO COMMISSION SOME KIND OF NEUTRAL OR NON-ALIGNED
BODY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE OF THE BOAT PEOPLE,
OF THE LAND REFUGEES FROM LACS AND CAMBODIA, AND OF COURSE TO
HELP THAILAND. ONE OF THE OTHER POSSIBILITIES IS THAT WE SHOULD
DO MORE THAN HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST TO TRY AND UNITE FAMILES
WHO HAVE BEEN SEPARATED. THE SECOND LEG IS A PERMANENT HOME AND
LIVELIHOOD FOR THE REFUGEES AND HERE ALL OF US ARE CONTRIBUTING
AND COING TO CONTRIBUTE. I THINK IT IS RATHER CHEERING TO HEAR THIS MORNING WHAT PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO DO AND I THINK ONE SHOULD PAY A PARTICULAR TRIBUTE TO US, CHINA ANDAFRANCE FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. WE ARE GOING TO DO, AS I SAID THIS MORNING, IS WHAT THE PIGH COMMISSIONER HAS ASKED US TO DO, WHICH IS TO ACCEPT TEN THOUSAND REFUGEES AND IN ADDITION WE SHALL BE CONTRIBUTING
POUNDS 5 MILLION EXTRA OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
RANCE
5. THE THIRD THING THAT WE SHOULD DO IS TO REAFFIRM THE ACCEPTED PRINCIPLES OF TEMPORARY ASYLUM AND THAT IS THAT ONE SHOULD TAKE
PEOPLE IN IF THEY ARRIVE AND THAT ONE SHOULD PICK PEOPLE UP
FROM THE SEA TO SAVE THEIR LIVES IF THEY ARE IN DISTRESS.
KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS FOR A GREAT MANY PEOPLE WHOSE RESOURCES
ARE STRECHED TO THE LIMIT BUT WE MUST REASSERT WHAT I BELIEVE
TO BE THE CIVILISED PRINCIPLES. AS FOR OURSELVES WE SHALL TAKE ALL
CUR 12,600 REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG AND I WOULD PAY TRIBUTE TO
THE GOVERNOR AND THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG KHÓ, IN THE VERY DIFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, 65,903 BOAT PEOPLE, TOGETHER WITH OVER I THINK 103,233 ILLEGAL CHINESE IMIGRANTS, THIS YEAR HAS
PUT AN ENORMOUS STRAIN ON THE GOVERNMENT AND ADMINSITRATION, AND
I HAVE SEEN FOR MYSELF HOW ADEQUATELY AND INDEED HOW
REMARKABLY THEY HAVE SEEMED TO COPE.
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6. I AM CLAD THIS CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CALLED, IT WAS CALLED AS YOU MAY KNOW AS A RESULT OF MY PRIME MINISTER'S SUGGESTION. WHAT IT'S
COT TO DO IS TO FULFIL EXPECTATIONS. I BELIEVE THAT IF YOU FULIL THE EXPECTATIONS, THOUGH IT IS EARLY DAYS IN THE CONFERENCE, ON THE HUMANITARIAN SIDE I BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A LARGE NUMBER OF PLACES FOR THE REFUGEES TO GO AND I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY SUBSCRIDED. I THINK THAT
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