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minute/letter/teleletter/despatch/note

FROM:

Lord Belstead

DEPARTMENT:

TO: Norman Lamont Esq MP

House of Commons

LONDON SWIA OAA

TEL. NO:

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..In Confidence

SUBJECT: HONG KONG: REFUGEES

Thank you for your letter of 23 July to Cranley Onslow

with which you enclosed a letter from your constituent,

Miss Suan Shaw, about refugees from South East Asia in

Hong Kong. It has been passed to me for reply as the

Minister responsible for Hong Kong.

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I sympathise with Miss Shaw's concern for the plight of

the Vietnamese refugees, and share her wish that they

should be resettled safely in third countries.

She may

not be aware of the Hong Kong Government's outstanding

record in the field. Since 1975, over 97,000 refugees

have arrived in Hong Kong. None has been turned away,

and the conditions under which they have been housed and

cared for compare favourably with those in other

countries in the region. With the help of the United

Nations High Commissioner for Refugees', about 91,000

refugees have been resettled in third countries,

including over 11,000 in the United Kingdom.

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