Central News East: 20.11.1989: Vietnamese Boat People

Summary

Phil Wardman report on an offer of government funding to the city of Derby for housing refugees from Vietnam.

Year:

1989

Duration:

0:01:48

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Library archive material of the Vietnamese boat people who fled Vietnam ten years ago (ITN). Library shots of refugees in the Cedars Centre at Breadsall Hilltop in Derby. There are currently more refugees in camps in Hong Kong who are looking to make a new home in the UK and Derby City Council have been asked to take forty families. Library shots of council housing in Derby - many of which are in a poor condition and some have recently been given away to private landlords because the council cannot afford the repair bill. Interview with Councillor Mary Street (Labour) of Derby City Council about the difficulty of finding houses that are close together so the new arrivals could form a community.


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