Mr Murray
Parliamentary Unit
HONG KONG:
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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
I attach a draft reply and background note to a Parliamentary
Question on the subject of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong, put down
by Mr Kenneth Clarke MP (Rushcliffe
reply on 22 January 1979.
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Conservative) for written
The reply has been prepared in consultation with the Hong
Kong Government. The wording "wishing to be resettled from Hong
Kong" has been used advisedly. Not all of these people have been
"accepted as temporary residents" (the phrase used by Mr Clarke in
his question) by the Hong Kong Government.
Some 2,500 are
originally from Vietnam but came to Hong Kong illegally after
spending some time in China. Since they are unlikely to
qualify for settlement by the UNHCR the Hong Kong Government are trying (with our support) to persuade the Chinese authorities to
take them back. In the meantime they would not want a separate
figure to be published for this category.
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R JT McLaren
23 January 1979
Hong Kong and General Department
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