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The Huey Fong: Hong Kong's 1979 refugee crisis
In December 1978, Vietnamese refugees seeking asylum aboard the Huey Fong were refused entry to Hong Kong. Records we hold document the 34-day standoff.
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Prison conditions
Catalogue reference: CO 1042/249
What’s it about?
This record is about the Prison conditions dating from 197-1950 in the series West Indies Development and Welfare Organisation: Registered Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 1042/249
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Date (When the record was created)
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197-1950
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Description (What the record is about)
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Prison conditions
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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07600 Pt 2
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
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Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Caribbean
- Aid and development
- Prisons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2050093/
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Series information
CO 1042
West Indies Development and Welfare Organisation: Registered Files
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Within the series: CO 1042
West Indies Development and Welfare Organisation: Registered Files
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Prison conditions
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