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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
1.
In my minute of 4 March, I said that when I had
visited Hong Kong, I would give you and our other
colleagues my views on the case for a further commitme
to accept Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong into the
United Kingdom.
2. The present position in Hong Kong is that some
17,000 refugees are still awaiting settlement: of our
own 10,000 quota there are still about 1,000 to come
to the United Kingdom. There was a net decline of
4,400 in the total of those awaiting resettlement in
Hong Kong in the first quarter of 1981. However, the
current outflow of boat people from Vietnam (75,000 in
1980) is somewhat up on the equivalent period of
1980.
This, coupled with a growing reluctance on the
part of receiving countries to undertake further
commitments, could, later in the year, lead to a
reversal of the present decline in the numbers in
Hong Kong awaiting resettlement.
The Governor has no
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