TNAG-1425-FCO40-1908-Vietnamese-refugees-in-Hong-Kong-general-1985 — Page 19

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CLOSED CAMPS (GENERAL)

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the many sad aspects of the an ideal world refugee camps,

Subject of Closed Camps is one of

Indo-Chinese refugee problem. In

closed or open, would not exist. As I said in my evidence to the

Select Committee on 4 February, and as I reiterated in the debate on

14 May, the position of having 5,600 refugees in Closed Camps, and an equal number in open camps is such that no Minister can say that

it is satisfactory or desirable. It is not. Refugee situations are

not ideal. There is no 'perfect' solution. We must be realistic

about this. Ask the House to try to understand

try to understand the HKG's position on this matter, and to see the problem within the special geographical and political circumstances of the territory.

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