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HONG KONG : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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Mr Burns, SEAD
Mr Williams, UND
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Discussed with der Clift. Lord Belstead agrees then telegram.
1. The Hong Kong administration are proposing to put all
Vietnamese refugees arriving in Hong Kong after a certain
date into closed camps.
Recommendation
2. I recommend that Lord Belstead agree with the proposal.
If he does I will telegraph Hong Kong on the lines of the
attached draft.
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3. Hong Kong has since the mid-70s been one of the three major
destinations for boat refugees from Vietnam. In mid-1979 there
were some 68,000 refugees in the Territory awaiting resettlement.
As a result of resettlement mainly in the United States, Canada
and the UK the figure has steadily fallen since then to the present
total of about 10,000.
4. Although the outflow from Vietnam has dropped, the number
being moved out has fallen even more sharply as a result of the
cut back in resettlement places elsewhere. The United Kingdom
quota of 10,000 has been filled and the Americans have cut theirs
back very considerably, as have the Canadians and the rest.
5. As a result the number of refugees in Hong Kong is likely to
increase staadily in coming months. The knowledge of this, the
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