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limited to that specific number irrespective of the number of persons rescued by their ships in that given year as long as places are available in the reserve pool. The possibility of financial contributions to facilitate resettlement in third countries is also envisaged.
d) Flag states would be required, nevertheless, 'to
respect their guarantees for all cases rescued af- ter exhaustion of the reserve pool in a given year. e) Flag states not participating in the pool will not
benefit from the operation of the pool.
The following procedure may be envisaged in the imple- mentation of the proposal: .
a) Upon arrival of a vessel with a rescued caseload at a port of call, the flag state provides the resett- lement guarantee to facilitate quick disembarkation, b) UNHCR registers all cases and prepares dossiers
with relevant data,
c) Cases of refugees with family or other relevant links
with particular countries are submitted by UNHCR to the authorities of such .countries for direct ad- mission (i.e. outside the pool),
a) Dossiers of the remaining cases are submitted by UNECR to participating countries on the basis of criteria indicated by them as well as on the basis of wishes of refugees, whenever feasible. The number of cases submitted will be based on percentage of the contribution by each country to the pool,
e) Countries concerned will, after examination of the
dossiers and other relevant procedures, advise UNHCR on acceptance of cases submitted under (a) above,
f) UNHCR will advise participating states on their
periodic intake of such refugees well in advance for them to make proper arrangement for the reception in their territories. The possibility of staggering intake is also envisaged,
g) If the pool quota is exhausted the individual flag. state guarantee system will apply as at present.
The introduction of a pool scheme for rescued cases other than those already benefitting from the DISERG scheme would, it is believed, result in a number of advantages not only for the refugees concerned but also for the coastal states, flag states and non flag states including traditional resettlement countries.? The more important advantages may be summarized as follows:
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