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13. Recent publication of Home Affairs Select Committee's report on Refugees and Asylum has highlighted particular problem of Vietnamese refugees, especially those in Hong Kong: makes debate most timely.
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As Rt Hon Friend Minister of State
the Home Office said in the
Adjournment Debate on 9 May, the Government are now considering the Select Committee's recommendations very carefully and will be giving a detailed response in due course. In the meantime, would not be
appropriate to offer detailed comment
on recommendations. Assure
House that Her Majesty's Government attach utmost importance to both improving situation of the Vietnamese who have settled in this
country and to
to finding permanent solutions for the 11,200 who are
still in Hong Kong awaiting resettlement.
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