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(a)
to help to solve the refugee problem in SE Asia; and
(b) to help preserve stability in Hong Kong and the S E Asian
countries affected.
Intermediate Objectives (1)
7.
(b)
Towards this ultimate objective intermediate objectives are:
(a) helping to relieve the refugee problem through the relief
effort and through the three traditional "durable solutions":
voluntary repatriation, integration and resettlement; assisting Hong Kong in its response to the refugee influx; being seen to help and hence to gain the approval of, Thailand, the other ASEAN and donor governments and to avoid the adverse consequences of failing to participate in the programme of assitance;
(c)
(d)
contributing to a political
solution to the Cambodian problem
by seeking to secure Vietnam's withdrawal from Cambodia and by
encouraging Vietnam to adopt more liberal policies on human rights and the economy.
Intermediate Objectives (2)
8. In turn to attain these intermediate objectives UK policy is
aimed at:
achieving an appropriate balance of effort from the
international community towards resolving the refugee problem and wider political problems.
Inputs by the UK (and Hong Kong)
9.
UK and Hong Kong contributions (inputs) include:
(i) expenditure on refugee relief programmes in Thailand for July
1979-July 1986 (£12.5m);
(ii) expenditure on resettlement of 20,000 refugees in UK for
1979-1984 (£22.6m) and total costs to Hong Kong of displaced
Indo-Chinese for 1979-1986, including the costs of temporary
SEAAAU
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