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Mr Keith Best (Ynys Mon): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make a statement on his policy towards the welfare of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong, in the light of the report entitled Refugees from Vietnam in Hong Kong, dated March 1986, by Refugee Action, a copy of which has been sent to him.

No 298W

MR TIM RENTON

MHH 243/4

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We and the Hong Kong Government keep under constant review the welfare of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong, with a view to ensuring that conditions in the refugee camps are as humane as possible. The Hong Kong Government are studying the report to which my honourable Friend refers, and will take account of its recommendations wherever practicable.