TNAG-0586-FCO40-719-Aid-from-UK-for-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1976 — Page 162

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer on 5 April 1976

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The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

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Noon, Tuesday.

6 April 1976

Mr Kenneth Clarke (Rushcliffe): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether there are any refugees from South Vietnam remaining in Hong Kong; and what their prospects are for the future.

Mr David Enuals

There were 37 refugees from South Vietnam remaining in Hong Kong at the beginning of this month. Of these 18 have applied to settle in the United States, Australia, Austria or Germany. Eight others wish to return to Vietnam. Any refugees eventually remaining will be allowed to settle permanently in Hong Kong, if they so wish.

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