WORLD IN BRIEF : HONG KONG : 57 Vietnamese Are Repatriated
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Hong Kong deported 57 Vietnamese to Hanoi under its program of forced repatriation of “boat people” denied refugee status. Refugee Coordinator Brian Bresnihan said a flight carrying 52 women, four boys and one girl left without incident. It was the 10th flight since Britain and Vietnam signed an agreement in 1991 allowing the deportations and brought the total of Vietnamese sent home involuntarily since then to 513.
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