TNAG-0793-FCO40-997-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1978 — Page 6

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is the relevant one) to the UNHCR Executive Committee, the High Commissioner for Refugees called on states to announce, where possible, the number of Indo-Chinese refugees (both land and boat cases) they would be prepared to take over a longer term in order to help UNHCR's future planning arrangements for resettlement.

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There are at present 1,236 Indo-Chinese refugees in the UK, of whom over 600 are "boat refugees". Lord Goronwy-Roberts' letter of 5 October to Mr Brynmor John, asked whether the Government would be prepared to admit a further 500 or 600 "boat refugees" to the UK over the next year (mainly from Hong Kong and with smaller numbers

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