TNAG-0878-FCO40-1088-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 176

Extract from Joint Declaration issued by Foreign Ministers of European Community and ASEAN States after meeting in Brussels on 20/21 September

13. The Foreign Ministers of ASEAN and of the Member States of the European Community viewed with serious concern the unabated flow of Indochinese refugees to the ASEAN countries. Conscious of the international implications of the problem as well as its humanitarian aspects, the Foreign Ministers of the member states of ASEAN and the European Community which have already taken steps to resolve this problem, held the view that international efforts for the expeditious resettlement of the refugees require further international consideration and deserve wider support.