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(c) Hong Kong has remained stable.

Against Intermediate Objectives (1)

12.

(a) following resettlement, the refugee problem has receded with some 125,000 refugees (25% of the total number who have sought asylum) remaining in Thailand, albeit together with 240,000 displaced persons;

(b) Thailand and ASEAN governments have frequently expressed

gratitude for UK support. UK investments in ASEAN have increased (approx £587 m in 1974 and probably totalling around £4 bn now). UK visible trade with Thailand has also

grown (£144.3m in 1979; £288m in 1985).

(c) international condemnation of Vietnam's illegal occupation

of Cambodia grows: United Nations General Assembly Resolution of 1986 condemning Vietnam passed by a record 115 in favour 21 against 13 abstentions.

Against Intermediate Objectives (2)

13. (a) UK contribution to international effort to resettle and

relieve refugees amounts to 2.4% of the total;

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

absorbing 14,500 have taken 2.3% of those for whom durable

solutions have been found.

Efficiency Indicators

14.

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

of the order of £11,300;

(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 £5,000 per head;

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

displaced persons in Thailand in 1985 was £4;

(d) the UK, by providing £3.4 million since 1982 to UNBRO and

other international and voluntary organisations, has

contributed to the raising of a total of £140.4 million, a

ratio of 1:41;

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