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the Indochinese peninsula. The main source for change of
usage appears to be the consultative meeting with
interested governments on Refugees and Displaced Persons
in South East Asia (Geneva 11-12 December 1978) and GA
Resolution 3326 which uses both concepts. The reason
behind this change may well have had much to do with the
fact that 140,400 persons left the Indochina in 1978
compared with 25,000 in 1977. (This is hinted at in the
UNHCR message of 16 December 1983.) The 1980 UNHCR
report continues the change over from "displaced persons"
to "refugees" by referring to "refugees" only (and not
"displaced persons") in the Indochinese context.
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5. In the case of Hong Kong, all refugees from Vitenam
(or Indochina) have been granted refugee status under the
Immigration Ordinance, amended for this purpose in
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