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are accorded the enjoy.
citizens
that British social benefits same
There are no incidents Refusal of asylum does not mean that the applicant is required to leave the United Kingdom. of forced repatriation by the United Kingdom government.
Refugee Impact.
without However,
it
the
have been refugees Generally speaking,
causing political, into British society
as Britain's economic absorbed
ΟΙ social problems. economic, stability continues to decline and unemployment increases,
the United Kingdom will
Kingdom will increase
The unemployment rate appears unlikely that the United number of refugees currently accepted. among Vietnamese refugees is currently running at 80 percent,
optimistic about but British authorities are integration into British society.
Current Refugee Status.
been resettled
asylum-seekers
status, Britain
who
their eventual
1,773 Geneva
A total of 17,000 Indochinese have to in addition 1981, In since 1975.
obtained refugee United Kingdom the in
accepted 3,033 Indochinese refugees. the 10,000 quota pledged at the
British Conference in 1979, 422 were rescued at sea by British ships
Projections for cases. family reunion
17,000 Indochinese and 838 were acceptance of refugees are refugees in total have been resettled in the United Kingdom.
were accepted
accepted under
This
are not available.
From April 1981 to April 1982, the Refugee Program Costs. estimated cost of resettling refugees in the United Kingdom was of which $7.3 million was spent on Vietnamese. such as housing, $7.8 million,
statutory benefits include not does provided by local authorities, or social security payments from All refugees are entitled to work and the central government.
that it has after a period
period of five years residency, they may apply for
government estimates
on the British The
$57 million citizenship.
of approximately
to total sum
of the program spent a
from the beginning Vietnamese
divided equally were amount expenditures mid-1982. between actual resettlement and statutory benefits.
refugees
Of this
The
out of the the phasing projected cost for the period April 1982 to April 1983 is $3.5
million; this reduction Vietnamese refugee program.
International
reflects
Role. Support
leading financial contributor
The
a
is Kingdom United to international refugee relief programs both bilaterally and through the European Community.
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