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FM FCO 2215152 JUL 82

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 568 OF 22 JULY.

PQ'S: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

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SIR PATRICK WALL, MP HAS PUT DOWN FOLLOWING FOUR QUESTIONS

FOR PRIORITY WRITTEN ANSWER:

'TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH

AFFAIRS:

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IN EACH OF THE PAST THREE YEARS HOW MANY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HAVE

ARRIVED IN HONG KONG: HOW MANY OF THESE HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOMES IN

OTHER COUNTRIES: AND HOW MANY REMAIN IN CAMPS IN HONG KONG.

B IF HE WILL ASK THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR

REFUGEES TO DEAL WITH THE LARGE NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

NOW UNDER THE CARE OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

C HOW MANY VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HAVE BEEN IN HONG KONG CAMPS

FOR ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS AND THREE YEARS, RESPECTIVELY.

D IF HE IS SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSALS TO HOUSE VIETNAMESE

REFUGEES IN CLOSED CAMPS IN HONG KONG ARE IN FULL ACCORD WITH THE

DECLARATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO WHICH THE UNITED KINGDOM IS A

PARTY.'

2. ON A, WOULD PREFER TO GIVE FIGURES INCLUSIVE OF EX-CHINA

CASES AS WE HAVE DONE FOR DR MARSHALL'S PQ'S. HAVE ONLY NON-

INCLUSIVE FIGURES FOR RESETTLEMENT. GRATEFUL THEREFORE FOR

INCLUSIVE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE FIGURES FOR 1979, 1980, 1981,

1982 TO DATE AND FOR LATEST AVAILABLE FIGURE FOR NUMBER REMAINING.

3. ON B, PROPOSE REPLY: 'FROM THE OUTSET, THE UNHCR HAVE

WORKED IN CLOSE COOPERATION WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO

RESETTLE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARRIVING IN HONG KONG. MOREOVER, MOST REFUGEES AWAITING RESETTLEMENT ARE ACCOMMODATED IN CAMPS

RUN BY THE UNHCR'.

GRATEFUL FOR FIGURES FOR C.

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