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distinguish genuine refugees from those whose
motives for leaving Vietnam are purely
economic.
Hong Kong will continue to preserve access to
resettlement for genuine refugees. But the
great majority of arrivals who are determined
to be economic migrants will be detained
pending their eventual repatriation to
Vietnam, as soon as satisfactory arrangements
for their return have been negotiated.
In our bilateral contacts with the Vietnamese
Government we have pressed for action. I took
up the matter forcefully when I met the
Vietnamese Foreign Minister in New York on 7
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