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(iv) Hr. David Thite (Permanent Mission of New Zealand) said flew Zealand was admitting Indo-Chinese refugees at the rate of approxi- motely 100 per month. His Government had been able to accept 50 refugees from Hong Kong over and above its original quota.
(v) Ir. 0. Ondahl (Norway) said Norway's quota was being filled almost exclusively with neople rescued at sea by Norwegian vessels. lorway was also considering family reunion cases and would admit some unaccompanied minors.
(vi) Ms. Rosa Boceta (Permanent Mission of Spain) said that an inter- ministerial committee had been set up in Spain to co-ordinate reception of the 1,000 Indo-Chinese in accordance to her Government's pledge at the July meeting. Ilovements would take place over a six month period. (vii)Hr. A. Henstrom (Sweden) said that following the July meeting in Geneva, Sweden had selected 1,250 Indo-Chinese in Indonesia and Malaysia. A further 750 would be selected in the early months of 1980. A total of 1,000 "boat refugees" had now arrived in Sweden. His country's criteria specified that "boat cases" would be accepted, families would be kept together and a wide definition of family reunion applied. A proportion of families with a handicapped member was included in each quota. Persons who had spent a long time in the camps were given priority, as were percons with less chance of being settled in other countries. For practical reasons, only Cantonese speaking persons of Chinese origin were accepted.
(viii)Nr. Philippe Chapatte (Switzerland) said that 1,200 refugees had been received in Switzerland since the July meeting, including several hundred handicapped refugees and one group composed entirely of handicapped.
(ix) Hr. David Snoxell (Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom) wondered how governments reconciled their programmes for orderly admission under a quota scheme with the need to facilitate family reunion, the Orderly Departures programme from Viet Ham and the urgent resettlement of those rescued at sea.
(x) Mr. J. Bröh Kahn (United States of America) said that because of the large numbers of refugees being moved to the USA (nearly 16,000 in September 1979 and a monthly target of 14,000) the USA had had the flexibility to take persons falling into lover US categories, includ- ing many "long time in camp" cases.
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(i) Mr. D. Hill (Canada) said the special Canadian programmes for adolescent minors see above) were based on foster family care. question of adoption did not arise in the context of the Canadian programme.
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(ii) Hir. E. Urmoneit (Federal Republic of Germany) said his Government shared UNHCR's view concerning unaccompanied minors. It was essential that documentation should be as complete as possible in an effort to avoid splitting families. If, subsequently, relatives of the minors should be traced, his Government would encourage family reunion in the THC or clsewhere.
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