§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the conditions in which the 50 Vietnamese held in the special camp outside Kai Tak refugee camp are held; how long they have been held in these conditions; and what plans there are for their future.
§ Mr. MaudeThe 52 Vietnamese held in the camp at Kai Tak are people who had left Vietnam to settle in China, 59W but who had subsequently entered Hong Kong illegally. Such people are normally returned to China; but in the case of this group, who are ethnic Vietnamese, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is exceptionally arranging for them to be resettled overseas. The conditions under which they are held is similar to those of other Vietnamese illegal immigrants from China. The group of 52 have been in Hong Kong for over three years.