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(g) noted the comments on piracy;
(h) said that these conclusions would be further
refined in the report on the meeting that UNHCR will produce.
12.
If there is a resurgence of the boat refugee problem the three points most likely to arise are:-
(a) the need to share ship-owners' losses anong the
maritime community;
(b) the desirability of guarantees of final resettlement by flag states to states of first port of call; (c) resettlement pooling arrangements to provide for a situation where such guarantees are not given.
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