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in the case of China that Vietnamese refugess of
Vietnamese ethnic origin have been encouraged to
continue their journey onward to Hong Kong.
Kong has absorbed some 14,500.
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(ii) Voluntary repatriation. There having been
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virtually no change in the conditions which
provoked the refugee outflows, it is not surprising
that there have only been a few thousand cases.
The UNHCR has provided assistance to some
Cambodians and Lao to return from Thailand.
The
authorities in Cambodia profess to welcome
returning refugees, those in Laos have tolerated
them and have also indicated that international
assistance would be required to help with the
reintegration of those returning.
The Vietnamese,
however, have effectively rejected voluntary
repatriation, apart from a few individual cases,
and have sentenced returnees to terms of
"reeducation".
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(iii) Resettlement.
The United States has accepted by
far the largest total, over 630,000, comprised of
those fleeing the initial débacles of 1975,
refugees resettled from countries of first asylum,
and those emigrating under the Orderly Departure
Programme. France and Canada have taken nearly
100,000 each, Australia 94,000.
19,000.
The UK has taken
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