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Employment
Once refugees have these basic survival skills they obviously want
to begin work and to establish themselves as fully independent
members of the community as soon as possible. Many of the
refugees are finding work and some of those with professional
skills are beginning the gradual process of rebuilding their
careers. From what I know of the Vietnamese they recognise that
they must take whatever opportunities come their way at the very
beginning so that they can at least get started in employment.
At this stage what the Vietnamese require, after their survival
skills and, in some cases, some re-training, is the chance to get
started in a job and we and by we I mean, again, the
partnership between the Government and voluntary effort
see that they are given this chance.
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we must
Already, in these early days of Vietnamese resettlement in this
country there are some success stories to be told. any of you
will have seen on television the interview of Dr. Nhut by
Ludovic Kennedy. Dr. hut's skills and determination and
ability to contribute to his now country were very evident. You
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