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13. THERE AND THE MAJORITY LUXE-WARM AND PREFERRING FOSTERING,
WAS DISCUSSION ON ADOPTING CHILDREN WITH UNHCR
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SAID THEY WERE MOVING FIFTEEN THOUSAND REFUGEES A MONTH IN JULY AND HOPED TO STEP THIS UP TO TWENTY THOUSAND IN FUTURE MONTHS.THE US SAID THERE WERE STILL ENOUGH SPONSORSHIPS BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES TO MEET THE INCREASED FLOW.
MISS WALTER
OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF VOLUNTARY AGENCIES SAID THER HAD BEEN QUOTE DISAPOINTMENT UNQUOTE WHEN TWO OR MORE RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES HAD FOUND THEY HAD OFFERED PLACES TO THE SAME REFUGEE. THE US REPRESENTATIVE SAID THIS HAD TENDED TO HAPPEN IN HONG KONG. APPARENTLY UNHCR HAS A QUOTE BLUE CARD SYSTEM UNQUOTE IN MALAYSIA AND THAILAND WHICH IT IS NOW EXTENDING TO OTHER AREAS AND WHICH IS A SORT OF INDEX TO PREVENT DUPLICATION OF
OFFERS.
.11. DURING A DISCUSSION OF THE UNHCR/VIETNAM PLAN ON ORDERLY
DEPARTURE I SOUGHT AN EXPLANATION OF THE PHRASE QUOTE OTHER HUMANITARIAN CASES UNQUOTE AND QUERIED WHETHER CASES OTHER THAN FAMILY REUNIFICATION MIGHT APPEAR TO INVOLVE QUEUE JUMPING VIS-A-VIS THOSE ALREADY IN CAMPS. DE HAAN MERELY SAID HE HOPED FAMILY REUNIFICATION WOULD BE DEFINED IN THE BROADEST POSSIBLE TERMS AND THAT IF ANY RESETTLEMENT COUNTRY WAS PRE- PARED TO OFFER ENTRY VISAS TO PEOPLE IN VIETNAM UNHCR SHOULD BE TOLD IN CASE THE NAME COULD BE MATCHED WITH THE VIETNAMESE LISTS. HOWEVER, HE SAID SUCH OFFERS SHOULD BE OVER AND ABOVE ALLOCATIONS REGARDING THE EXISTING CAMPS OUTSIDE VIETNAM,
12. A FURTHER MEETING OF THIS SORT IS LIKELY TO BE HELD SHORTLY
IN EARLY OCTOBER. BEFORE THE UNHCR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
CUENOD AND MISS BRISSIMI ARE SETTING OFF THIS WEEK FOR THAILAND, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, INDONESIA AND THE PHILIPPINES AND AIM TO BE IN HONG KONG (ALSO MACAU) FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS ABOUT 12 AUGUST. THEY WILL CONFIRM DATES NEARER THE TIME.
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