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3. THE INCREASE IN THE RATE OF EXODUS FROM INDOCHINA CHIEFLY BOAT CASES THAT BEGAN IN APRIL HAS CONSISTENTLY OUT STRIPPED THE RATE OF INTERNATIONAL RESETTLEMENT, RUNNING AT ABOUT 45,000 PER YEAR UP UNTIL MID-NO VEMBER.
IN THE LAST SIX WEEKS ALONE, OVER HALF THAT NUMBER OF REFUGEES HAVE ARRIVED IN COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM. THUS, THERE HAS BEEN A RAPID BUILDUP IN THE REFUGEE CAMPS, E.G. A THREEFOLD INCREASE IN MALAYSIA'S CAMPS IN SIX MONTHS, WITH UNDERSTANDABLE FEARS OF A CONTINUING FLOOD TO FOLLOW. THIS ERODES THE WILLINGNESS OF COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM TO ADMIT REFUGEES AND TO ASSIST THE UNHCR IN PROVIDING ADEQUATE REFUGEE FACILITIES, CONSEQUENTLY MAKING THE UNHCR TASK MORE DIFFICULT, COMPLEX, AND EXPENSIVE. LOCATING AND OPENING NEW FACILITIES, EXPANDING OLD ONES, PROCESSING AND TRANSPORTING REFUGEES, AND SUPPORTING RESETTLEMENT ALL PLACE A HEAVY FINANCIAL BURDEN ON THE UNHCR, WHICH IS DOLS 8 MILLION IN THE RED IN THE CURRENT YEAR ALREADY AND WHICH WE FEAR MAY BE DOLS 10 MILLION IN THE RED BY JANUARY UNLESS SIGNIFICANT NEW CONTRIBUTIONS ARE RECEIVED. MUCH THE SAME CAN BE SAID OF THE VARIOUS VOLUNTARY AGENCIES SHARING THE REFUGEE EFFORT, SOME OF WHOM WILL BE REPRESENTED AT THE GENEVA CONSULTATION.
4. IN KEEPING WITH ITS HUMANITARIAN TRADITION, THE USG HAS MOVED TO MEET THE CHALLENGE POSED BY RECENT REFUGEE
INCDEASES. ON NOVEMBER 28, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONSULTED WITH CONGRESS ON AN ADDITIONAL 15,000 PAROLE NUMBERS FOR BOAT REFUGEES DURING THE PERIOD ENDING APRIL 30, PLUS 4,375 ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR CAMBODIAN REFUGEES. WHILE FINAL DECISION WILL NOT BE MADE UNTIL CONGRESSIONAL REACT ION CAN BE ASSESSED, THE OVER-ALL TOTAL OF INDOCHINA REFUGEES AUTHORIZED FOR RESETTLEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY BETWEEN MAY 1, 1978 AND MAY 1, 1979 COULD BE OVER 51,000 BY DECEMBER 11 (THE INITIAL ANNUAL PROGRAM APPROVED TO BEGIN LAST MAY 1ST WAS 25,000). WE ALSO PLAN TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL DOLS 5 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNHCR, FOR A
TOTAL THIS YEAR OF DOLS 13.5 MILLION OR ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL. THE PROGRAM TO BEGIN NEXT MAY IST, WHICH THE ADMINISTRATION WILL PRESENT TO CONGRESS FOR THE LATTER'S REACTION, WILL BE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE EFFORTS MADE BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. IF GENEVA AND ITS FOLLOW-UP DEMONSTRATE A MAJOR INCREASE IN RESETTLE · MENT AND FUNDING BY OTHER COUNTRIES COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, PROSPECTS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR A CONTINUED HIGH-LEVEL EFFORT BY THE USG. ANOTHER SIGNIFI CANT FACTOR WILL BE THE CONTINUED COOPERATION BY SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM, ESSENTIAL TO ANY INTER - NATIONAL EFFORT..
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