U.S. Blamed in Flow of Refugees to Hong Kong
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From Reuters
HONG KONG — The United States is partly to blame for a huge influx of Vietnamese “boat people” into Hong Kong, a relief official said Thursday.
Chris Bale, Hong Kong director of the British-based charity organization Oxfam, said Washington has applied pressure on Southeast Asian nations to provide asylum to boat people fleeing Vietnam.
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