In the aftermath of the Vietnam war many thousands of refugees took to the high seas to seek new lives.
As the scale of the refugee problem came to light, the newly-elected Conservative
Government agreed to settle 16,000 Vietnamese in Britain.
Their policy was to get voluntary organisations to settle them, teach them basic English, to house them and to get them jobs. But five years later there's evidence that these new settlers are having great difficulty in getting used to an alien way of life. High unemployment, depression, alienation and crime among the refugees is causing concern. John Forsyth asks whether the humanitarian settlement policy is turning sour.
Producer LESLIE ROBINSON