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TRANSCRIPT D: HONG KONG SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING 22 MAX 89
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MR. WELLS:
Just one further question, Secretary of State.
Some voluntary repatriation has taken place and there are
different stories in the press and on the radio in this country as
to how they were received. Some say they were received as it was
agreed they should be received, that is to say welcomed back and
helped to resettie; others say that they were threatened and
abused rhetorically on their returu and that retribution for their
exit was promised.
Can you tell us what you expect in the future and what
arrangements have you been able to make with the UNHCR and the
Vietnamon Government?
FORFIGE SECRETARY:
As you know, the Vietnamese have assured us and the UNHCR
that all returnees will be well treated and will not face
punishment and the arrangements agreed permit the UNHCR to monitor
the returnees and to ensure humanitarian treatment of those who
have returned and it is on that that we are resting our position
at the present time.
WR. WKLIS:
Have the Chinese made clear how they will proceed in
relation to Vietnamese refugees after 1997?