Vietnamese refugees
9. There are at present some 9,700 Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong awaiting resettlement. Britain and Hong Kong are concerned at the current situation; the arrival rate has increased while the resettlement rate has decreased. Britain announced in May 1987 a decision to accept a further 468 Vietnamese refugees for resettlement in the UK, and is using this initiative to urge other countries to do more to relieve Hong Kong of its refugee burden.
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Resettlement alone is not the solution to this problem. Britain has been discussing with the main resettlement countries and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees the basis for a common international approach aimed at finding a durable solution to the Indo-Chinese refugee problem.
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