TNAG-0881-FCO40-1091-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 14

Mr Leahy

PS/Lord Goronwy-Roberts

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Mr comnianyson Joz

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PS/Mr Luard

Sir A Parsons

Mr Cortazzi

Mr Murray

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HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE ON INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES: 14 FEBRUARY

During the Debate on Indo-Chinese refugees in the Lords

on 14 February, Lord Goronwy-Roberts undertook to provide

answers to the following questions:-

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i. Lord Elton asked (Col 1382) whether the quota of

1,500 Vietnamese refugees (whom the Home Secretary

recently decided should be admitted to Britain over

the next 12-15 months) would be subtracted from the

overall intake of immigrants in that period;

ii. Lord Segal asked (Col 1376) for the figures of Indo-

Chinese refugees accepted for permanent settlement

by other countries;

iii. Baroness Vickers asked (Col 1372), with regard to the

refugees in camps in Indo-China, what contact the

Government had had with the Governments concerned

to see whether there was a possibility of allowing

the British Red Cross or the International Red Cross

to go in and see what the conditions are. Lord

Goronwy-Roberts said he had no record of complaints

received from voluntary agencies on this score but

that he would look into the matter.

I submit draft letters to Lords Elton and Segal and to

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