PETERAN SUNNAHARISHTHANDRANILHENRIKALNOWALIKASANE SA SLAPERETTA MASHIBE
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countries of resettlement.
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Many people in our camps have
Three and a waited years in the hope of being resettled. 3 thousand housand refugees from Vietnam have been here for more than
years.
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The Government of Vietnam bear a heavy
responsibility for this continuing exodus of despair which affects not just us but so all the countries of South East Asia. We need a long term solution which
deals with the problem at its source. But this can only
be achieved by
co-operative a
effort by
number of
countries. It certainly cannot be solved by Hong Kong
alone.
It also requires the cooperation of the
authorities in Vietnam itself. So far the Government of
Vietnam have said no more than that they are prepared to
consider repatriation on
case by case basis.
Experience has shown that this is a very restrictive definition. I can assure Honourable Members that we, and the British Government, will continue to seek a solution to this problem which has been with us for far too long. But I am afraid that it will require a great deal of time
and patient diplomacy before we can expect to
to achieve
a
hon.
results.
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