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relieving the burden placed on Hong Kong. This involves the
provision of support to help Indo-Chinese refugees settle in
the UK and Hong Kong;
screening and
b) support programmes for voluntary repatriation where con-
ditions allow (currently the only large-scale programme is
(in Tharland
run by UNHCR for Laotian refugees); and
c) help countries of first asylum to maintain their humani-
tarian response to the burden placed upon them. This involves
the economical provision of temporary housing and vital
services to refugees and displaced persons until durable
solutions are found. This is achieved through support for
UNBRO, ICRC and the UK voluntary agencies.
6.
These ultimate and interim objectives throw up a range
of subsidiary objectives:
a) Thailand and other countries of first asylum cannot be
expected to carry their burden without help from outside. Povertinking maxime political and ecocomic, consequens could blow brown the withda, wat
This would risk serious instabilities in the region f of British and Western haloup, furthering
the advantage of Vietnam's communist, expansionist aims;
together with the prospeat of the countries of first asylum
refentcntext).
resorting to inhumane solutions (eg involuntary repatriation).
The
The UK policy represents effective support in this respect ;
b) Thailand and her allies in ASEAN represent an important
area for UK security, trade and investment interests.
goodwill of Thailand and ASEAN would be at risk if the UK
were not to give support on the principal political issue
facing the region;
c) the opportunity to make an explicit and enduring gesture
(Allagad of condemnation of Vietnam's occupation of Cambodia pr
human rights record;
/d)