VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE
(a) Opening Questions
Latest Figures (as of 8 December 1989)
Total number of boat people in Hong Kong Refugees (including those screened in)
Screened out after appeal
Awaiting screening
Appeals received
Successful appeals
Appeals pending
56,442
12,185 (of whom 702
4,089
37,154
6,191
329
1,246
screened in)
Where are they kept?
See map and list of camps under section b (Accommodation).
Prospects of early resettlement for refugees?
At Geneva Conference in June, international community pledged to resettle all refugees in region, including those in Hong Kong within
next 3 years.
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As part of that process, UK pledged to take a further 2,000 Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong in addition to the 13,000 already
resettled here since 1975.
By which routes are boat people arriving in Hong Kong?
Evidence suggests that most of them either stop several times along the South China coast or travel over land through China, only making last part of journey by boat. See route map.
Have taken this up with Chinese on a number of occasions. Assured us that they are doing everything possible to bring problem of coast hopping under control. Will continue to press for their
cooperation.
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