RESTRICTED
3. THE NETHERLANDS UEJECTS TO THE WORD "İLLEGAL' IN THE SI TH
ELEVENT PROPOSED, SINCE IT IS A FUNDANATAL HUMAN RIGHT FUR
ANYBODY TO LEAVE HIS COUNTRY IF HE WISHES TO DO SO.
FOLLOWING THE ABOVE, THE NETHERLANDS SUGGESTS A DRAFT REPLY
ALUNG THE FOLLOWING LINES:
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THE COUNCIL RECOGNIZES THE EXISTENCE OF THE PRACTICE OF
HOLDING NEWLY ARRIVED VIETNAMESE REFUGEES IN HONGKONG
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CALLED "CLOSED CAMPS WHERE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE, UNTIL THEIR RESETTLEMENT TO A THIRD COUNTRY CAN
BE REALIZED.
THE COUNCIL REGRETS THAT THE HONGKONG AUTHORITIES, UNDER
PRESSURE OF CIRCUMSTANCES PREVAILING IN THIS SHALL, OVERPOPULATED
TERRITORY, HAD TO RESORT TO THIS PRACTICE RECENTLY, AS OTHER
COUNTRIES IN THE REGION DID EARLIER.
- THE TEN WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A POLITICAL SOLUTION
OF THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN REFUGEE PROBLEM.
- THEY ARE HELPING TO EASE THE BURDEN THAT THE REFUGEE PROBLEM
IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA CAUSES TO THE COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM, BY
ACCEPTING REFUGEES FROM SOUTH EAST ASIAN CAMPS ACCORDING
TO THEIR NATIONAL RESETTLEMENT GUIDELINES AND BY CONTRIBUTING
TO THE EFFORTS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.
- TMET ALSO WILL CONTINUE THEIR RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS WITH
UNDIMINISHED INTENSITY IN ORDER TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE EARLY
CLOSURE OF THE EXISTING REFUGEE CAMPS.
THE TEN HOPE THAT DEPARTURE FROM VIETNAM WILL BECOME MORE
LIBERALIZED, THUS DIMINISHING THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES SEEKING
ASYLUM IN COUNTRIES IN THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN REGION.
THE HAGUE COREU
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