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OTHER HELPFUL RESPONSES WILL BE FORTHCOMING AND THAT WE ARE
CONTINUING TO PRESS OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES FOR THESE.
3.
ON THE QUESTION OF THE SUCCESSES OR PROBLEMS THAT OTHER
COUNTRIES HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THEIR VIETNAMESE RESETTLEMENT
PROGRAMMES, WE HAVE LITTLE CONCRETE INFORMATION TO OFFER. THE VIETNAMESE HAVE NOT FOUND IT EASY TO SETTLE IN THE UK, BUT THE
NORTH AMERICAN RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMMES SEEM TO HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL. OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES REPORT WIDELY DIFFERING EXPERIENCES, ON WHICH WE WOULD HESITATE TO GENERALISE: BUT THE KEY FACTORS SEEM TO BE A COMBINATION OF THE RECEIVING COUNTRY'S. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF RECEPTION, PLUS THE SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENTS MADE UNDER THE RESETTLEMENT PROGRAMME TO
INTEGRATE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ADMITTED.
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