TNAG-1273-FCO40-1623-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 139

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

For WRITTEN ANSWER on 14 March 1983

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Mr Tom Arnold (Hazel Grove): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreig and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement about current policy towards Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong.

There are 12,270 Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong currently awaiting resettlement overseas, of whom 3,595 are in closed, and 8,675 in open, centres. We continue to support all efforts by the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees to arrange resettlement. Since 1975 Hong Kong has provided first asylum for more than 100,000 and permanently resettled 14,000 within its own community. We cannot expect it to accept any more for resettlement.