EARLY DAY MOTION NO 331
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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
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1.
As my hon Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office made clear in his answer to
a question by the hon Member for Dundee East on 17 January, we
are most concerned about the problem of Vietnamese refugees referred
to in the Motion, and will continue to make every effort, in consultatio
with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to find a
solution. We shall consider the question of further admissions in
the light of the report of the Race Relations and Immigration Sub-
Committee's enquiry into refugees.
SUPPLEMENTARIES
Conditions in the closed centres
2. We regret the need for the Hong Kong Government's closed
centre policy, but see no alternative to it in the present
circumstances of a low level of resettlement from Hong Kong and a
continuing flow of arrivals from Vietnam. The closed centres are
run in cooperation with UNHCR, who help to fund them. We do not
accept that conditions in the centres are intolerable.
Resettlement and proposal that HMG should call an international
Conference
3. We maintain a continuing dialogue with the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees and other countries to find permanent
solutions for all Indo-Chinese refugees including those who are at
present in Hong Kong. We are always ready to examine with them
any constructive proposals for resolving the problem.
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