Bernard Levin also overlooks the steps which are being taken by the Hong Kong authorities to improve and liberalise the conditions of those 16,000 Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong who are awaiting resettlement. They are being transferred from closed to open camps and being given access to educational, training and work opportunities as a preparation for their eventual resettlement.
There is no
Analogies with the Cossacks are totally inappropriate. question of sending anyone back to face victimisation or persecution. The action the Government is taking is designed to find a humane and realistic solution to this tragic problem.