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CHILDREN OF A REFUGEE ALREADY SETTLED IN THE UK, BUT NOT
OF OTHER RELATIVES. EXCEPTIONS ARE MADE BUT USUALLY ONLY
IN THE MOST COMPELLING COMPASSIONATE CIRCUMSTANCES. THE
GOVERNMENT HAS NOW DECIDED THAT, FOR VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
THE CRITERIA SHOULD EXCEPTIONALLY BE RELAXED SO AS TO
EMBRACE SPOUSES, PARENTS, CHILDREN, GRANDPARENTS,
GRANDCHILDREN AND SIBLINGS. THIS RELAXATION OF THE
NORMAL FAMILY REUNION CRITERIA WILL APPLY TO REFUGEES
WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG AND OTHER PLACES OF FIRST
ASYLUM IN SOUTH EAST ASIA. IT WILL NOT APPLY TO THOSE
WHO ARE IN VIETNAM, OR TO FUTURE ARRIVALS IN HONG KONG OR
OTHER PLACES OF FIRST ASYLUM.)
WHAT IS THE CURRENT LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG
VIETNAMESE IN THE UK? (RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN 1981
REVEALED THAT ABOUT 80 PER CENT OF THE VIETNAMESE SETTLED
IN THE UK WERE UNEMPLOYED. NO COMPARABLE RESEARCH HAS
BEEN UNDERTAKEN SINCE THEN, HOWEVER, THOSE WORKING MOST
CLOSELY WITH THE REFUGEES (HOME OFFICE AND VOLUNTARY
AGENCIES) BELIEVE THAT THE NATIONAL LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT
AMONG THE VIETNAMESE MAY NOW HAVE REDUCED TO ABOUT 60 PER
CENT. LOCAL FIGURES VARY CONSIDERABLY FROM ONE REGION TO
ANOTHER.
WHAT IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDO-CHINESE REFUGEES
RESETTLED IN THE UK
UK? HOW IS THIS TOTAL DIVIDED BETWEEN VIETNAMESE, CAMBODIANS AND LAOTIANS?) (OVER 19.000 VIETNAMESE, LAOTIANS AND CAMBODIAN REFUGEES HAVE BEEN
RESETTLED IN THE UK. THE VAST MAJORITY ARE VIETNAMESE:
BUT WE ARE UNABLE TO GIVE PRECISE FIGURES.)
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IS THE UK PLANNING TO FUND THE ODP DURING 1985/86?
LAST PLEDGE OF FUNDS FOR THE ODP WAS IN DECEMBER 1984,
WHEN WE CONTRIBUTED 25,000 POUNDS FOR THE UK FINANCIAL YEAR 1984/85. WE HOPE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION FOR 1985/86
BUT NO DECISION HAS YET BEEN TAKEN.
HAVE THERE BEEN ANY RECENT REPORTS OF VIOLENCE AMONG
VR'S IN THE HONG KONG CAMPS ON THE LINES OF THE 1984
RIOTS IN HEI LING CHAU? (NOT TO OUR KNOWLEDGE.)
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