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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE

SITUATION IN HONG KONG

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Hong Kong at end of its tether. People arriving much faster than

can be accommodated.

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Are arriving at a time when events in China have cast dark shadow

over future of territory.

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Local patience exhausted.

LIKELY OUTCOME OF GENEVA CONFERENCE?

Comprehensive Plan of Action endorsed at Conference a valuable

step forward. But insufficient on its own. Further specific

measures are needed to help Hong Kong.

Made it clear in my speech at Conference that we need early

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Что пие мно agreement to programme to screen out non-refugees, with suitable safeguards about their treatment on return to Vietnam.

Essential also that there should be effective measures to deter

further departures. Repatriation programme will help to achieve

this.

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Look to international community to agree to establishment of

Refugee Processing Centre in region. This will provide early

relief to Hong Kong.

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Hopeful that Conference will endorse new international effort to resettle refugees from the region over 3 years.

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Kong.

We are playing our

have agreed to accept a further 1,000 refugees from Hong

ALAABD