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Experience shows that, with initial help and support,
Vietnamese refugees can make a success of life in
Britain. In Middlesborough, for example, there are
seven Vietnamese refugee families, of which three own
their own businesses; a fourth business has just been
set up by two more Vietnamese who have moved into the
area from London. A new Vietnamese restaurant has
opened in Peckham High Street, employing seven people.
And some Vietnamese refugees are achieving exceptionally
good academic results: one case that has come to our
notice is that of a 22-year-old Vietnamese boy, who has
recently graduated from Girton College, Cambridge, with
an Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering and Sciences.
He arrived in Britain nine years ago with only
rudimentary English.
The Foreign Secretary hopes that the Prime Minister
will agree that we have created the right conditions, and
are adopting the right procedures, to facilitate
job-creating investment from Hong Kong and elsewhere.
He also hopes that the Prime Minister can also accept
that a suitable case has been made for an additional
commitment to resettle boat people from Hong Kong;
that an announcement should be made about this in the
near future.
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