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SHIPPED OUT TO SEA AGAIN BY THE MALAYSIANS AFTER SPENDING UP TO SEVERAL MONTHS ON MALAYSIAN SOIL, THE INDONESIANS FELT NO INCLINATION TO ALLOW REFUGEES STILL IN MALAYSIA TO USE THE PROCESSING CENTRE.
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SIMMANCE SAID THAT SPEAKING PERSONALLY, THE PLANNED PROCESSING CENTRE IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR 50, ang REFUGEES (GALANG IS PLANNED FOR 18,889 ONLY) WOULD APPEAR TO OFFER MUCH MORE SCOPE FOR REFUGEES NOW IN HONG KONG, ALTHOUGH HE ADDED THAT IF THE UNHCR'S TARGET OF MOVING 3-4,000 REFUGEES A MONTH OUT OF INDONESIA FOR PERMANENT SETTLEMENT ELSEWHERE WAS ATTAINED, THE PROCESSING CENTRE IN INDONESIA WOULD BE OUT OF BUSINESS IN A FEW MONTH'S TIME, IN THE ABSENCE OF FRESH ARRIVALS OF REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM, SINCE MOST COUNTRIES APART FROM THE US ACCEPTING REFUGEES FOR PERM- AMENT SETTLEMENT FROM INDONESIA IN SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS DID NOT PROPOSE TO MAKE USE OF THE PROCESSING CENTRE.
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IN VIEW OF THE FOREGOING AND NOTABLY OF THE FACT THAT FUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING CENTRE ARE NOW APPARENTLY ASSURED, YOU MAY THINK THERE IS LESS POINT IN REPLYING TO THE INDONESIAN NOTE (JAKARTA TELNO 235 OF 25 JULY) THAN THERE THEN SEEMED TO BE TWO MONTHS AGO
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