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MYTEL NO 411: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES,
1. THIS MORNING'S PRESS REPORTS THAT A FURTHER TEN REFUGEES WILL
BE ALLOWED TO LAND TODAY TO AWAIT RESETTLEMENT IN THIRD COUNTRIES.
UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE HAS CONFIRMED THAT US HAVE ACCEPTED FOUR
AUSTRALIA SIX.
2.
UNHCR SAY THAT OF THE 105 NOW REMAINING ON BOARD 81
HAVE RELATIVES IN US OR AUSTRALIA BUT THAT THOSE COUNTRIES HAVE REJECTED THEIR REQUESTS FOR RESETTLEMENT. IF THEY COULD BE ACCEPTED
A NEGOTIABLE NUMBER OF 25 WOULD REMAIN. UNHCR GENEVA IS CONTINUING TO PRESS WASHINGTON AND CANBERRA BUT IN THE MEANTIME
THE VESSEL WILL REMAIN IN THE PORT OF BANGKOK.
3. REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF UNHCR TOLD US THAT THE THAI ATTITUDE IS THAT. THE REFUGEES ON 30ARD HAVE RELATIVES IN THIRD COUNTRIES AND THAT THE PROBLEM IS ONE FOR THOSE COUNTRIES TO
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