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Sir,
Speech by the Secretary for Security in the Legislative Council on 30 June 1982
Immigration (Amendment) Bill 1982;
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time.
I move the Immigration (Amendment) Bill 1982 be read a second
2.
Few of us need any reminder of the events connected with the
outflow of Vietnamese refugees in 1979 and how Hong Kong responded
to this challenge in a humane and effective way. It did so despite
the extent of overcrowding in this territory and its other immigration
problems at that time.
This
3. The Geneva Conference of July 1979, called as the result of a
British initiative, produced a balanced plan of action".
involved:-
the provision of temporary asylum by countries of first
arrival;
support for UNIICR by third countries in the provision of
funds and/or resettlement places; and
restraint by the Vietnamese Government on illegal departures.
4.
Hong Kong has
Nearly three years later what is the position?
honoured its obligations to provide temporary asylum to Vietnames
refugees. No boat has been towed out to sea and no refugee has been
/turned away