)}
refugees in Thailand is currently £
annum;
(a) af 20,000 refugees settled in the UK,
approximately
are now financially
DSR 11C
per
self-supporting;
(e) UK contribution of £12.5 million to UNBRO and
other international and voluntary organisations
has helped encourage total contributions of
£
million, a gearing of 1:
(f) the British Embassy in Bangkok is able to
monitor that no bilateral aid reaches Khmer
Rouge or Vietnamese and to monitor UNBRO's
operation generally.
CONCLUSIONS
13. Although no overall political solution is in sight,
Thailand continues to develop, along with other ASEAN
countries, as a force for stability in the region.
Vietnam's expansionism is checked, with a growing
opportunity for Cambodian assistance to force further
concessions upon the Vietnamese and its clients.
Thailand is also continuing its contributions to efforts
to find human solutions to the refugee burden. The UK's
political concerns in the region are thus being met as
are its trade interests. The refugee problem has been
contained and, while consideration will have to be given
to long-term solutions, the costs to the UK remain
appropriate to its resources and its degree involvement