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Vietnam passed by a record 114 in favour 21

against

-

16 abstentions.

1

1

1

Against Intermediate Objectives (1)

11.

(a) UK contribution to international effort to

resettle and relieve refugees amounts to

of the total;

(b) the UK, in accepting 20,000 refugees and Hong

Kong in absorbing 14,500, has taken 2.4 % of those for whom durable solutions have been found. (c) these proportions are broadly commensurate with

UK interests in SE Asia (

% of market share,

% of foreign investment) and with our assessed regular contribution to the United Nation's

budget (

%).

of 27

34,500

1,450,000

SEAD

UND

1

]

1

Efficiency Indicators

1

12.

(a) the cost per head of settling 20,000 refugees in

the UK is of the order of £

Offica

]

(b) the cost per head of responding to the arrival in

Hong Kong of 112,000 asylum seekers, including the integration of 14,500, is of the order of

£

avvage

(c) the cost per head to the UK of relief to refugees

Dou ka paced 1945-1986

in Thailand is currently] £

per annum;

(d) of 20,000 refugees settled in the UK,

approximately

self-supporting;

% are now financially

(e) UK contribution of £12.5 million to UNBRO and

other international and voluntary organisations has helped encourage total contributions of

£

million, a gearing of 1 :

(f) the British Embassy in Bangkok is able to ensure that no bilateral aid reaches Khmer Rouge or Vietnamese and to monitor UNBRO's operation

generally.

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14,500

10% m

$

of 27 SEAD/SKK/ Home The can!

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Home Office

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