TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1992
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AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM ENCOURAGES VOLUNTARY RETURN OF NON-REFUGEES
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THE AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM ON THE NEXT STAGE IN THE PROCESS OF RETURNING THE NON-REFUGEE VIETNAMESE WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO GO BACK VOLUNTARILY, THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
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SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AFTER AN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING, WILSON SAID: "I AM VERY PLEASED THAT WE HAVE GOT AN AGREEMENT VIETNAM ABOUT THIS NEXT STAGE IN THE WHOLE PROCESS OF GETTING BACK TO THEIR HOMES IN VIETNAM PEOPLE WHO ARE FOUND NOT TO BE REFUGEES.
"AN IMPORTANT PART OF DOING THIS IS THAT IT WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER TO GO BACK. WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE SHOULD VOLUNTEER TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES AND I HOPE THAT THIS NEW STAGE IN THE PROCESS OF REACHING AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM WILL ENCOURAGE THAT," HE ADDED.
AGREEMENT ON RETURN OF VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
THE BRITISH, HONG KONG AND VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENTS HAVE TODAY (TUESDAY) SIGNED AN AGREEMENT ON THE REPATRIATION OF THOSE VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARRIVED IN HONG KONG BEFORE OCTOBER 29, 1991, WHO FOLLOWING SCREENING HAVE BEEN DETERMINED NOT TO BE REFUGEES.
IN A JOINT STATEMENT, THE THREE PARTIES SAID:
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"WORKING TOGETHER IN CLOSE COOPERATION, THE GOVERNMENTS OF VIETNAM, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG HAVE MADE PROGRESS IN THEIR JOINT EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN HONG KONG, AS A FURTHER STAGE IN THIS COOPERATION THESE GOVERNMENTS HAVE AGREED ON THE REPATRIATION OF THOSE VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE NOT QUALIFIED FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THIRD COUNTRIES. THE REPATRIATION OF THESE VIETNAMESE CITIZENS WILL BE CONDUCTED UNDER CONDITIONS OF ORDER, SAFETY AND DIGNITY.
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MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, ALISTAIR ASPREY, SAID THE ACCORD PAVED THE WAY FOR IMPLEMENTATION THE FINAL STAGE OF THE AGREEMENT SIGNED ON OCTOBER 29, 1991. FOLLOWS THE RETURN OF THE SO-CALLED DOUBLE-BACKERS AND THOSE REFUGEES WHO HAD ARRIVED IN HONG KONG AFTER OCTOBER 29.
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