LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

12 Dec 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Des Fahy reports from Westminster on Parliament’s reaction to the forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong camps. Illegal immigrants will be repatriated, but those classed as refugees not. Includes Commons speeches by Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; responses by Margaret Thatcher; Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary, echoes the Prime Minister’s stance.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Neil Kinnock; Douglas Hurd; Des Fahy

Keywords

Deportation; Immigrants; Refugees; Vietnam; Hong Kong

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