HC Deb 13 December 1990 vol 182 c491W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will offer to allow the 111 Vietnamese boat people whose boat was destroyed by the Hong Kong authorities to enter the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The Government have agreed to resettle a further 2,000 Vietnamese refugees over the three years to June 1992. We will he happy to consider the cases of any of the 111 who meet the criteria for selection to come to the United Kingdom under this programme.