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Joint Declaration and elaborated in Annex I.
UNDERTAKINGS BY HMG TO HONG KONG PEOPLE
General reference to admission of persons at risk
21. In certain very limited cases certain rights of admissions will
exist under the discretion of the Home Secretary in the United
Kingdom but that will be on a very limited basis for people who have been exposed to special considerations and special factors. would be inappropriate to disclose the categories and numbers of people involved or the special considerations and factors concerned.
Specific reference to giving undertakings/assurances
22. Assurances have been given by HMG to people in Hong Kong that,
because of their service to the Crown, if they wish to apply they
will be permitted to settle in the UK and remain here. These
assurances extend to the spouse and dependent children under 18 of
those concerned. It is intended that the arrival of these people
will be phased over a number of years.
Vietnamese Refugees
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23.
We are making every effort in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other countries, to seek
permanent solutions for the refugees who are in Hong Kong and other
places of first asylum.
[IF PRESSED]
Our aim is to ensure that all the refugees are resettled well before
1997.
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