CB/MP
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3.30 - 3.40 p.m.
2/ Vietnam
Vietnamese Refugees
THE LORD PRIVY SEAL (Sir Ian Gilmour),
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With permission, Mr Speaker, I vad make a
that statement has been made by my right hon and noble Friend in another place on the Indo-China refugee problem. Honourable Members will be aware of the deep concern with which the Government have viewed the rapid deterioration of the refugee situation in South-East Asia over recent weeks. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Dr Waldheim, has now convened a special international
20 and 21: meeting in Geneva on the problem. The Government welcome
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July to deal with
this /move, which
was originally proposed by my Right on Friend the
Prime Minister.
There can be no doubt that it is the callous and inhuman policies of the Vietnamese Government which are the root cause of the problem and it is imperative that the Vietnamese Government change those policies. Meanwhile,
the burden
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the flood of refugees is imposing on
others in the region can be relieved only by a major and
genuinely international effort.
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The Government have given very careful consideration
to the extent of the humanitarian problems, and in particular
to the appalling burden
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is being placed on the
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