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goes, both
MR. SHORE:
HORP Terms &
That is a welcome statement as far as it
the numbers that the Govt propose to accept for
resettlement and
in its condemnation of the callous
behaviour of the Vietnam Govt. I take it, however, that the two-
day conference, which will inevitably be short, will focus on the major problem of resettlement that faces the whole
of South-East Asia.
Can the Lord Privy Seal confirm that the offer to
settle 10,000 refugees is to be our immediate response to the appalling pressure on Hong Kong, and that Britain, as the sponsor of the international conference, the country ultimately responsible for Hong Kong and a nation with a great humanitarian tradition, will be ready with others to make a continuing contribution to the resettlement of refugees,
should that be necessary?
The statement deals naturally) with the boat people from Vietnam, but can the rh G tell the Hse anything about
-are
"
what I believe sometimes called the foot people
H
the vast numbers of refugees from other parts of
and from
Indo-China,
made their way,
Laos and Cambodia in particular
undes
who have
appalling and distrersing conditions
appalling and distres
Thailand? Is it the case that in Cambodia in particular, a major
2
cause of exodus is hunger, arb Has the rh G talked to the
pressing
Red Cross about that second/Indo-China problem,and are there any
plans for bringing food supplies to that area in order to
it?
alleviate
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