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in other countries. Hong Kong has also provided
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temporary shelter for any refugees who are picked up at
sea by vessels whose first scheduled port of call is Hong
Kong. Since 1975, the Hong Kong Government have arranged
for 4,800 former residents of Vietnam to go to Hong Kong
to join close relatives there. A further 5,700 who have
made their own way to the Colony have been allowed to settle
even though they had no special claim on Hong Kong. In
addition, some 12,000 people (not including the 3,000 on
the mv SKY LUCK still anchored in Hong Kong waters) have
been granted temporary shelter in the Colony and are
awaiting resettlement elsewhere. In recognition of Britain
special responsibility for the Colony, 1,000 of the 1,500
quota announced by the Home Secretary in January (see para
11 below) are to be admitted to the United Kingdom from
Hong Kong.
EFFORTS ALREADY MADE BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ASSI
12. The major refugee resettlement burdens have been born
by the United States, France, Australia and Canada. The
approximate numbers resettled in these and other countries
at the end of 1978 were (UNHCR figures):
Country
Of whom
Total resettled
(land and boat cases)
Boat refugees
USA
60,000 (not including
23,000
130,000 accepted in the Spring of 1975)
France
46,000
2,750
Australia
16,000
10,700
Canada
10,400
1,800
FRG
2,300
1,280
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