met while they remain in camps: they are provided with shelter, food, medical treatment, clothing, education, welfare and educational facilities.
With regard to the question of closed camps mentioned by the Reverend Blake, I enclose a copy of Richard Luce's speech at the Adjournment Debate on 24 May, which explains the reasons why the Hong Kong Government felt it necessary to introduce the policy in July 1982. As he pointed out, we regard it as a temporary measure: our objective is to see it terminated as soon as possible. How quickly this can happen however will unfortunately depend on factors largely outside Her Majesty's and the Hong Kong Government's control: the rate of arrivals from Vietnam and the rate of departures to countries of resettlement.
'The Reverend Blake's point about admission of refugees into the United Kingdom is of course a matter for the Home Office. I am therefore copying our correspondence to David Waddington in case he wishes to comment. I would however point out that some 19,000 Vietnamese have been resettled in this country since 1979. We also have a continuing international commitment to accept family reunion and ship rescue cases: last year we took 752 and 80 in these categories respectively (in most cases of course these were not from Hong Kong).
On the question of United States trade sanctions against Nicaragua, when this matter was brought before the UN Security Council, an amended version of the Nicaraguan resolution was adopted unanimously. The amended resolution reaffirmed support for the Contadora group of countries' efforts to bring about peace in Central America. We strongly support these efforts.
The United States had requested a vote on the Nicaraguan resolution by paragraphs. Britain abstained on certain paragraphs which we considered too widely drawn.
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