DSR 11C
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Northerners and Southerners have compounded Hong Kong's
problems and have necessitated housing the Vietnamese in
different centres according to their origin. In 1982 the
Hong Kong government introduced a policy of confining all
new arrivals in "closed" centres in order to deter
refugees as humanely as possible from entering Hong Kong.
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In spite of the severe over-population problem of
Hong Kong, about 14,500 refugees have been accepted for
Some 100,000 have been found resettlement
9500
settlement.
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places in third countries. About 11,000 refugees remain
in the camps, about half in the new "closed" centres. Although the rate of arrivals has tended to fall,(ell on let
4........................in 1985), the rate of resettlement has also
fallen. An increasing proportion of arrivals in Hong
Kong from Indochina are from North Vietnam. They have
fewer ties to or relatives already settled in,
resettlement countries, and tend to lack the educational
and other qualifications which would make them eligible
under normal immigrant procedures. After long residence
in North Vietnam, they have little chance of plausibly
establishing refugee status. The growing problem of unre-
settleable refugees is compounded by the increasing
reluctance of the resettlement countries after initial
generosity to offer further resettlement places or to
derogate from their established immigration criteria.
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