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As regards conditions in the camps,
both
I must point out that Her Majesty's Government
and the Hong Kong Government attach great importance to ensuring that the refugees are adequately cared for. We do not accept that conditions in the camp s are in any way inhumane". The refugees
provided are
with shelter, meals, medical treatment, welfare and recreational facilities. You may
be interested to know that when Mr Poul Hartling, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, visited the new Bowring closed camp in May this year, he said that although he did not like the idea of closed camps, inside the Bowring camp he "found the circumstances, conditions, very encouraging". His conclusion was the Hong Kong authorities and the voluntary agencies were doing a very good job, for which he was very grateful.
are по
As you
doubt that the UK should
the that
aware,
in the proposal
letter your accept for resettlement a larger number of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong is already
in under
the consideration by Her Majesty's Government context of the Home Affairs Committee on Race Relations and Immigration's recent report "Refugees and Asylum with Special Reference to the Vietnamese
The Government will shortly be giving their response to Parliament on
recommendations, report's
it would not
the
and
•
therefore
But and
in advance of this.
detailed giving the recommendations. We are
be appropriate for me to comment I can sympathetic consideration to
as sure
that you
we
are
most concerned about Hong Kong's refugee problem and wish
to do
everything
solution.
possible
to
bring
about
Yen's sincerely,
A C Galsworthy
Hong Kong Department
an
early
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