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number still remaining had links with UK and thus would probably be eligible* for entry visas.
The policy of the Singapore Government was to take temporarily only those with undertakings of resettlement elsewhere provided they met certain st
criteria and that not more than 1,000 were present in Singapore at one time.
Since 1977, some of the countries offering resettlement had selected the best qualified which had meant that South East Asia had been left with those most difficult to integrate.
The UNHCR was left with an insoluble problem. if the refugees were successfully integrated, there would probably be a great increase in the numbers coming out. if the programme of resettlement were unsuccessful,
many would probably die.
With food shortages in Vietnam the vietnamese Government was relieved to get rid of those of Chinese ethnic origin. Many of these looked like and thought of themselves as Vietnamese and some did not want to leave.
in 1976 census Chinese and Cambodians had had to declare their ethnic origin.
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Talwan nao refused to accept overseas Chinese. More publicity should be given to this.
To allow people to leave was easier than coercing them to work for the rehabilitation programme but what was to be the end result of this development?
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The Far East Economic Review had reported that a number of ships from Vietnam had never landed and estimated that hundreds of thousands had been lost at sea.
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ODM had contributed some £136,000 to voluntary agencies working in Thailand. Hong Kong - The refugees stranded on the Huey Fong outside Hong Kong had now been allowed to land for humanitarian reasons. Hong kong had taken 9,000 in addition to those awaiting settlement. There had been no change in Government policy.
Captains of ships must have permission before entering Hong Kong waters. It was essential to help Hong Kong which had increased its population from
million in 1945 to 4.7 million in 1978.
It was difficult to get exact figures for illegal immigrants of Vietnamese origin coming from the Republic of China. It was not yet a big problem but nevertheless worrying.
Thailand Keports from the Catholic Relief Services in Thailand showed that there was good cooperation between local Thals and the refugees who were allowed to work outside. Crops had been satisfactory.
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The Thai Government policy was to assimilate the running of refugee schools being set up by voluntary organisations into the normal education system. must be up to certain standards with a ratio of teachers to children. of taking over by 1980, could, however, not now be met, as there had been many delays.
In Aranyaprathet camp there were 27 teachers
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and often also education of children ning. Some of the refugees had volunteere
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