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and general limited economic resources, high unemployment, ethnic homogenity, it is unlikely that non-Turkish groups would be accepted for permanent resettlement.
Afghan
them
admit 4,351 to decision The Refugee Impact.
a drain on refugees of Turkic extraction will initially be
since Turkey is providing Turkey's economic resources,
and with basic living material and land. However, because these
in rug
weaving tend to be skilled people
future contributions are expected to help handicrafts, their these local industries.
artisans
All
permanent
resettlement in
Status Refugee Current Turkey for 1981 was de facto, with ethnic Turks accounting for over 99 percent of the estimated 1,000 persons accorded such status. There were also some 280 persons from Iran, Romania, During and Afghanistan during 1981 given temporary asylum.
to agreed 1982 Turkey has
accept 4,351 Afghan refugees in a remote area are presently extraction who Turkic
Pakistan.
Refugee
Program
Costs.
In
the 1981
UNHCR spent
in transit.
approximately $80,000 on refugee assistance in Turkey, and the
States provided $110,000 for refugees United Several private agencies including the Turkish Red Crescent and provided Commission, Catholic Migration the International
For 1982, the UNHCR has additional funding and services. requested $230,000, this larger amount to offset the cessation
Turkey will finance
finance a good part of 4,000 Afghan refugees which it
of United States funding.
the costs of resettling over will bring from Pakistan during 1982.
UNITED KINGDOM
of of
i
to
a long history Government Policy. The United Kingdom has of providing asylum persons fleeing persecution. During 1981, approximately 3,000 people applied for refugee status in the United Kingdom. of this number 1,359 were recognised as refugees, as defined by the Geneva Convention, and 278 were This latter group was granted asylum without refugee status.
criteria for refugee status unable to comply fully with the under the Convention. In practice, both refugees and asylees