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Draft Continuation Sheet

Will the Government take an additional number of refugees from

Hong Kong?

AFFAIRS

As we said in our reply to the Home Officers Committee's report on

Refugee matters, the Government are prepared to consider accepting

further limited numbers of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong.

decision on this will be taken in the light of the willingness

shown by other resettlement countries to respond to Hong Kong's

needs and of all the circumstances at the time. (If further pressed

refer questioner to Rt Hon Friend the Home Secretary)

NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES

What assistance has been provided for Vietnamese Refugees other

those in

in Hong Kong

than Campr

We have provided the following assistance to International and Voluntary agencies for their programmes in South East Asia, which

include assistance to Vietnamese refugees.

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

Total

£m

£m

0.118

£m

£m

£m

£m

0.260 0.364

0.276

1.018

(SEE ATTACHED ANNEX)

What assistance is given to Vietnamese refugees in the UK

There are about 19,000 Vietnamese in the UK. Her Majesty's Government funds a programme employing 17 refugee agency workers at an overall cost in the current year of £260,000. Following a Home Affairs

Select Committee report earlier this year the programme is being

expanded to 24 workers.

(If further pressed refer questioner to Rt Hon Friend the Home

Secretary).

6317(H) RIS 633048 2M 5/75 A.G.3640/4

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