TNAG-0972-FCO40-1191-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 53

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FOLLOWING LETTER DATED JUNE 23, 1980 AND SIGNED BY DAVID FORD WAS SENT TO DEREK MAITLAND.

+DEAR MR MAITLAND,

WHEN I LAST WROTE TO YOU IN MARCH I TOLD YOU OF A GROUP SET UP TO REVIEW THE ARRANGEMENTS MADE LAST YEAR FOR THE RECEPTION OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, AND AT THE SAME TIME TO LOOK INTO YOUR ALLEGATIONS.

1 ENCLOSE A PRESS RELEASE WHICH WE ARE ISSUING THIS WEEK ABOUT THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GROUP.

THERE ARE SOME OTHER MATTERS ABOUT WHICH YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW. THE GROUP HAS PROPOSED THAT MULTI-STOREY FACTORIES SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND THAT INSTEAD THE STANDARD REFUGEE DORMITORY DESIGN ADOPTED BY THE UNHCR SHOULD BE USED WHEREVER POSSIBLE= THAT WHILE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CONTINUE TO MAKE AVAILABLE SPECIALIST CLINICS AND HOSPITALS THE UNHCR SHOULD BE URGED TO ACCEPT OVERALL MEDICAL RESPONSIBILITY= THAT A CAMP MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK BE COMPILED THAT JUSTICES OF THE PEACE SHOULD REGULARLY VISIT CAMPS AND THAT IN THE EVENT OF A NEW INFLUX THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF REFUGEES SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF A COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.

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