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Resettlement
UK NEW RESETTLEMENT COMMITMENT
Our recent offer to take further 1,000 Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong over 2-3 years was confirmed on 23 February.
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This decision amounts to doubling of our rate of offtake.
UK'S RESETTLEMENT RECORD COMPARED WITH THAT OF OTHER RESETTLEMENT
COUNTRIES
- Have taken 20,000 Indo-Chinese refugees including over 13,000
Creditable record, Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong since 1975.
given heavy immigration pressures. Only US and Canada have taken
more from Hong Kong.
CAN UK COPE WITH NEW INFLUX?
Will ensure that additional refugees are resettled in way that minimises the pressure on housing in certain urban areas.
Will provide language and other training, so that refugees can adapt and integrate quickly and make positive contribution to
community.
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