1,500 refyes from Indo-China, an official from the Home
Office, together with a representative from the British
Council for Aid to Refugees left for South-East Asia in order
to select this number for resettlement in the United Kingdom.
It was planned to take 1,000 from Hong Kong. However, in
the event only 650 refugees applied for an interview and,of
these, 412 were considered suitable for resettlement here.
The Home Office will be making a further visit to Hong Kong
in the hope of finding more refugees who would be content to
make their home here. But I am sure you will agree it would
be wrong and misguided not to respect the wishes of the
individuals concerned and put undue pressure on them to come
here against their will.
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