I
was
very
happy to meet
you
and
discuss
in
Vietnamese
This discussion,
detail difficult aspects of the
refugee problem in Hong Kong.
and my meetings with His Excellency the Governor and the representatives of the major resettlement countries gave me a fuller understanding of the problem of Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong. My visit to Hong Kong and three other countries in the region further convinced me of the need for a
reassessment of the comprehensive
entire
Indochinese refugee problem in the wider regional context and to search for new approaches to resolve the problem. I am equally convinced that
the international community manages to find new answers to the problem, the current policies Resettlement of Indochinese must be maintained.
refugees
well
from Hong Kong, as
regional first asylum countries, must
an
in
order not
to
as other
continue at
place
an
level adequate excessive burden on the first asylum countries.
I highly appreciate the efforts of the Government
of
Hong Kong
Branch,
and in
the particular,
The
steps
Security
to assist the Vietnamese who seek refuge
in the territory.
the taken by
Government of Hong Kong this year to establish a RASRO Transit Centre in Hong Kong and to settle locally a number of Vietnamese refugees were very helpful. We look forward to continue working in close co-operation with your department in making
the local settlement
programme a success.
We
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