CLIVE SOLEY'S ADJOURNMENT DEBATE
BACKGROUND
Camps in Hong Kong
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1.
There are at present about 12,000 Vietnamese refugees in
Hong Kong. This population is split almost equally between "open"
and "closed" camps.
2. When Vietnamese refugees began to arrive in Hong Kong they were
more freely in the terrory allocated in open camps which enabled them to enter the community and
to take employment. Since July 1982 all those who have arrived have
been confined to closed camps, subject to discipline and are not
allowed out to work.
3. The closed camps were established by the Hong Kong authorities to
discourage other Vietnamese coming to Hong Kong. Matters relating to
the operation of the camps and their maintenance are the province of
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the Fereign and Commonwealth office. a F20 responsibility
BRC Initiatives
HICG. This is therefore
4. The British Refugee Council have long been concerned about the
situation in the closed camps. They have repeatedly urged us to take
from the camps those refugees with relatives in this country; some
580 individuals.
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Towards the latter
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