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If any further Vietnamese were to be accepted for permanent
settl
tlement here, means would have to be explored for
be explored for ensuring settled in parts of the country where housing that they settled
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available.
f.
one-
સ્વતંત્ર
was
problem of Vietnamese refugees had already absorbed
of the budget of the Overseas Development
Agreement had
Administration for disaster relief and refugees.
a barracks
now also been reached on expenditure of up to £4.25 million
from the
the Reserve to provide tents and to
to convert
in Hong Kong. It would be sensible to take stock of any further requirements for public expenditure after the
Conference, and the Treasury was ready to talk to the Foreign
and Commonwealth office about this.
THE
PRIME
MINISTER,
agreed
Committee were
CONT
summ
that
was
the discussion, said that the
indefensible that Hong Kong,
which faced grave problems of its own, should have to bear the
burden of an
influx of migrants fo
any responsibilityhom neither it nor
the United
terminate the policy of
concerned unless the
three years; Processing
the
Kingdom had
The Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary should therefore inform the conference at the outset that the United Kingdom would feel obliged
first asylum as far as Hong Kong international community was ready to assume its responsibilities and
the Conference reached agreement on specified measures to resolve permanently the problem of the Vietnamese boat people. These measures were permanent resettlement of those with refugee status
by the international community within
establishment outside Hong Kong of a Regional Processing Centre
refugees; and the compulsory repatriation to Vi
of those
identified as non-refugees, backed by appropriate international
funding. A clear deadline should be set for achievement of these
The United Kingdom should
should be prepared to resettle a further 1,000 Vietnamese, all of whom should be bona fide refugees,
as proposed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary,
Commonwealth Secretary, but his figure should not be exceeded. Officials should examine ways ensuring that
United Kingdom were directed
and remained
measures.
those entering the
in areas of the country where the problems
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