wellbeing of
the
weeks
immigration pressures
to
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territory.
It
is likely that
in a
few
the Hong Kong Government
will
be forced by
current
toughen
even further
their
policy
on
repatriating
Chinese illegal immigrants by
requiring
that
even
minor
children whose
parents
are
already in
the
territory
should
be forcibly returned
to
China.
The
contrast with the
territory's
current
policy will then
Vietnamese
repatriation to Vietnam is not immediately
be
even
stark. more
I f
feasible
and
I
am
clear in my own
mind that it is
not
pressure
on us
for further resettlement
assistance
is
bound to
grow.
The result
may
be well
a
further damaging
row between
ourselves and Hong Kong,
at
further cost
to our efforts
to
maintain
local
confidence
in the
longterm
future
of
the territory.
9.
There is another reason why I believe
we must make a
further
contribution: resettlement
the
with
resettlement countries and UNHCR have shown that they
our discussions
will
look to
us
continue to
playing
our
part
in
resettlement
if
we
are
to be
involved with
them
in
the
search
for
a new
approach
to
the
Vietnamese
problem.
They suspect that
we may
be seeking to
"offload" on to
them
our responsibility (as they see refugees without doing anything ourselves
it) for Hong Kong's
to help.
I
believe that
a
further commitment
of some
kind
is
essential
as
an
earnest
of
our
genuine
wish
to
participate
in
the
international
search
for a
durable
solution.
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