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some 108,804, or 18.4 percent, left from Hongkong. In the light of these figures, it may reasonably be concluded that Hong Kong has benefitted fairly from the international solidarity manifested at the 1979 Geneva Meeting during subsequent years. UNHCR will continue in its
endeavours to ensure that this practice is maintained and hopes that the Government of Hong Kong will equally continue to fulfil its obligations as a first asylum country of providing at least temporary refuge to the
persons concerned.
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