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C. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE UNHCR VIEW IN (XIV) (PLACES FOR
''ORDERLY DEPARTURE'' TO BE ADDITONAL TO THOSE ALLOCATED
TO BOAT REFUGEES) AND (XV) (THE NEED FOR THE PRESENT
DISORDERLY DEPARTURES TO CEASE)
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D. WE SUPPORT (XVII), (XVIII) AND (XIX) INSOFAR AS THEY REFER
TO ADEQUATE FINANCIAL BACKING FOR THE WHOLE PROGRAMME AND CARE AND MAINTENANCE TO BE PROVIDED BY UNHCR FOR ALL REFUGEES, BUT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE COST OF CARE
AND MAINTENANCE OF THOSE RESCUED AT SEA AND THOSE REACHING A PORT IN THEIR OWN FLIMSY BOATS, IF UNHCR INTEND SUCH A
DISTINCTION, WE HOPE THE U.K. WILL PUT STRONGLY THE VIEW THAT UNHCR SHOULD UNDERTAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CARE
MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR ALL THOSE GIVEN ASYLUM, HOWEVER THEY ARRIVE. WE BELIEVE THAT UNHCR SHOULD ALSO UNDERWRITE THE
CAPITAL COSTS INVOLVED IN PROVIDING FACILITIES TO LOOK
AFTER REFUGEES WHEN THIS IS DONE BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
E. WE WOULD HAVE TO ENTER RESERVATIONS ABOUT DISEMBARKATION AT
THE FIRST PORT OF CALL (XVIII). WE COULD NOT ACCEPT THIS AS AN AUTOMATIC PRINCIPLE WITHOUT GUARANTEES OF ONWARD MOVEMENT, PARTICULARLY SINCE HONG KONG WAS FORMERLY ALMOST ALONE IN
APPLYING THIS PRINCIPLE, AND, IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS
OPEN TO ABUSE.
IF REFUOSE PROCESSING CENTRES ARE DEVELOPED (111) AND THEY WILL HAVE TO BE LARGE ENOUGH TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON THE PROBLEM,' (1.E. 39,488 UPWARDS). THEY SHOULD ALSO BE OPEN TO ALL
PLACES OF FIRST ASYLUM IN THE REGION.
2. ONE POINT WHICH TO NOT COVERED IN THE UNHCR PLAN IS THE'
DISTRIBUTION OF RESETTLEMENT PLACES WITHIN THE REGION. WE DO WOT EXPECT THE CONFERENCE ITSELF TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THIS, SINCE ALLOCATION OF RESETTLEMENT PLACES IS LARGELY IN THE HANDS OF KÆGETTLEMENT COUNTRIES. NEVERTHELESS, WE THINK IT IMPORTANT THAT THE UK. SPEECH SHOULD EMPHASISE THE NEED FOR RESETTLEMENT
ERO TO BE DISTRIBUTED FAIRLY AMONGST THE TERRITORIES SUFFERING
FNM THE REFUGEE INFLUX. HONG KONG IS BY FAR THE SMALLEST AND
JUST DEROSLY PACKED OF THESE, DESPITE THIS, AND DECPITE A
D'IQUE HUMANITARIAN RECORD, HONG KONG HAS ACHIEVED ONLY 12 PER
GOUT OF THE OFFTANE FROM THE REGION DURING THIS YEAR WHILE SUFFER-
ITQ 34 PER CENT OF THE 1STAKE. (THIS TOES NOT TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE
LYND CROSSLSS TO THAILAND
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