World IN BRIEF : HONG KONG : 250 ‘Boat People’ to Be Repatriated
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Britain and Vietnam agreed to deport more than 250 Vietnamese “boat people” in Hong Kong. It was seen as a prelude to the possible return of thousands of refugees who cannot prove they fled persecution in their Communist homeland. The Hong Kong government said that only “double-backers”--people who volunteered to go home but then returned to the British colony--will be sent back, along with their relatives. No date has been set for the repatriation of the double-backers, but it is expected to be within weeks, a Hong Kong official said.
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