RITTEN ANSWERS
DECEMBER 1987
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONG KONG
Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
By what legal authority the Government of Hong Kong holds Vietnamese refugees in indefinite detention.
Lord Glenarthur: Vietnamese refugees are detained in closed centres under provisions of the Hong Kong Immigration Ordinance.
Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether education in the English language is available to (a) children and (b) adults among the Vietnamese refugees detained in Hong Kong.
Lord Glenarthur: English language education is available on a voluntary basis to all children and adults among the Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong, except those (currently six) in Victoria Prison.
Lord Hylton asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they can confirm that there are 1.200 children, born and brought up in closed camps since 1982. among the Vietnamese refugees now detained in Hong Kong.
Lord Glenarthur: There are 1.482 children aged 16 and under in the closed centres, of whom 331 were born in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong (Vietnamese Refugees)
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Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Vietnamese refugees are currently in Hong Kong; what plans he has for their resettlement (a) up to 1997 and (b) after 1997; "and if he will make a statement."
Mr. Eggar: On 27 November there were 9,359 Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong. In May we decided to accept into the United Kingdom a further 468 Vietnamese retugees from Hong Kong over the next two years. We are pursuing our diplomatic campaign to urge other resettlement countries to take more refugees from Hong Kong. We aim to have fully resolved this problem well before 1997.
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