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arrived in Hong Kong from Vietnam, of whom over 100,000
have been resettled abroad. In the years immediately
after the Geneva Conference, the number of boat people PODL ~TO A LOW OF
70 remaining in Hong Kong steadily diminished But in
recent years the trend has reversed and the arrangements
agreed at the Conference have come under increasing
INFLOW? strain. In 1987 a new exodus began, while the rate of
resettlement fell. In 1988, 18,000 boat people arrived
in Hong Kong: resettlement amounted to 2,700. At the
end of 1988 there were a total of 25,600 boat people in
camps in Hong Kong.
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- (CONTINUM IN JAN During the past few years the pattern of arrivals
in Hong Kong has also changed. About 70 per cent of
recent arrivals are from the northern part of Vietnam and
99% are ethnic Vietnamese. The great majority are
farmers and fishermen. Many of the resettlement
countries have raised doubts about whether such people
are in fact genuine refugees or simply economic
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45. These changing circumstances led the Hong Kong
Government, with the full support of the British
Government, to alter their policy on the granting of
refugee status. From 16 June 1988, all boat people
arriving in Hong Kong from Vietnam have been subject to a
screening procedure, approved by United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees, to determine whether they
qualify as genuine refugees. New arrivals are therefore
no longer automatically given refugee status. In order
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