§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Vietnamese refugees were resettled in the United Kingdom from Hong Kong in each of the past 24 months; and how many of these were orphans.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe number of Vietnamese refugees who arrived in the United Kingdom from Hong Kong in each of the past 24 months is as follows:
1981 1982 January 283 110 February 420 59 March 305 39 April 338 4 May 120 3 June 28 13 July 60 0 August 47 0 September 115 0 October 15 0 November 26 15 December 36 3 1,793 246 Total: 2,039 I regret that the available statistical information does not allow us to say whether any of these were orphans; but it is known that only some 60 "unaccompanied minors" have been received since the Vietnamese refugee programme began in 1975 and that very few of these were from Hong Kong.