Forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people
- Title
- Forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 13 Dec 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:04:39
- Description
- Editor of the Hong Kong Standard, Alan Armsden talks about public opinion on the forced repatriation of the Vietnamese boat people from camps in Hong Kong. Repatriation has been suspended but he says it will be resumed. Comments on lack of volunteers for repatriation, problems in determining who is a genuine refugee and possibility of violence or mass suicides. Interviewer Martin O’Neill?
- Contributors
- Alan Armsden
- Keywords
- Deportation; Immigrants; Violence; China; Refugees; Vietnam; Hong Kong; David Wilson
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LBC/IRN, "Forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0013500397007 (Accessed 18 May 2025)