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BANKOK AND KUALA LUMPUR.
COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES (AMBASSADORS), 8 FEBRUARY,
LN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES : INDO-CHINA.
SUMMARY
THE COMMISSION REPORTED AN APPEAL BY UNHCR FOR HELP WITH
INDOCHINESE REFUGEES.
DETAIL
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF COMMISSION STATEMENT MADE UNDER
OTHER BUSINESS
REGINS
1.
ON 23 JANUARY THE COMMISSION'S SERVICES RECEIVED A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) AND THE SITUATION OF THE INDO-CHINA REFUGEES
WAS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL.
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ACCORDING TO THE UNHCR, THERE ARE AT THE MOMENT :
140 000 150 000 REFUGEES IN THAILAND
50 000 REFUGEES IN MALAYSIA.
THE UNHCR'S 1979 PROGRAMME FOR THE INDO-CHINA REFUGEES
IS ESTIMATED AT US DOLLARS 50 MILLION. CONTRIBUTIONS BROUGHT
TO DATE AMOUNT TO ONLY SOME US DOLLARS 25 MILLION.
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