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14,000 arrivals a month.
3. About 8,500 Vietnamese refugees have arrived in the
United Kingdom from Hong Kong out of the quota of 10,000
announced in July 1979 (and about 1,000 arrived before then).
A team of Home Office officials is due to leave the UK for
Hong Kong on 27 February to complete selection for the quota.
There is a continuing commitment to accept family reunion
cases and 2,000 Vietnamese still in Vietnam have so far been
guaranteed visas. The resettlement programme in the UK is
facing practical difficulties in relation to housing and
employment. Lord Carrington will review the need for a
further commitment from Hong Kong during his visit at the
end of March.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
20 February 1981
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