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Hong Kong Government, who see advantage in being able to present the UK initiative in their approaches to other resettlement countries as
a continuing regular commitment rather than as a one-off gesture. A slow trickle of departures to the UK from Hong Kong is also perhaps less likely to give rise to unrealistic hopes of resettlement among those still in Vietnam who may be thinking of leaving.
4.
week.
families.
The first group of refugees
refugees is expected to arrive here this
There will be 20 of them, in two large
already been arranged.
Accommodation has
Lo.G. Ehrman
W G Ehrman
21 November 1985
Hong Kong Department
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