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industrialised countries, and we are continuing to press that

this should be one of the solutions to the problem of the

unresettled residue in Hong Kong and elsewhere. The problem is that the first asylum countries such as Thailand feel justifiably that they have already borne their fair share

of the burden. The head of Thailand's National Security

Council, Squadron Leader Prasong, who is responsible for refugee matters, in August ruled out further local integration in Thailand even for those in Thai camps, concluding that there

was no other option for refugees in Thailand than resettlement in third countries or repatriation to their country of origin.

I discussed these questions with the Squadron Leader myself on

23 October and we agreed that it was necessary to give further encouragement to UNHCR to pursue their attempts to find durable

solutions.

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