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daben to our town talking to the ref

aterculing to v

ve aglied to case

d Kingles and to get an iden of what the story of these refugira is,

come from, what sort of experiences they have endured, want hopes

bo on.

Well now secondly as I have told you I have a responsibility

p of drugs.

: you tell me what the quote is for refugees to the United Kingdom

this year?

yçar?

curset quota is 10 000.

Do you think that quota will be filled?

Yes, I think so. We expect that the quota will be filled early next

vear

February, March, that sort of time,

So there

hell I mean these problems certainly exist. I'm not saying it is

absclutely easy as you know we've got unfortunately high unemployment

in the United Kingdom at the present time and housing is short.

are difficulties. I don't think anyone would deny that, but they are

not in superable difficulties and I believe that on the whole the

process of resettling the refugees in the population if you like,

the United Kingdom is going ahead fairly smoothly.

Deserter:

in

taloon: Well, one of the difficulties is that the areas which have got housing

by and large in the United Kingdom at the moment are the areas of high unemployment, and obviously if you are resettling refugees as effectively

you really want to get them into areas where there's both housing and

employment. I don't think that the problem of empty houses being

filled is actually a serious part but that it sometimes takes a bit

of time to get a match between the right refugees and the right heuses.

But I think sooner or later all the houses would have been offered by

the local authorities, would be filled if they haven't been filled

already. But housing is tight and there's no doubt in that.

/Reporter:

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