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FROM DIS (JOHNNIE KHAN)
TO : ALL OVERSEAS OFFICES. SEPTEMBER 15, 1986.
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FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF A PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY THE * UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR Refugees MR JEAN-PIERRE * HOCKE, WHO IS ON A FOUR-DAY VISIT TO HONG KONG.
THE V.N. HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES MR JEAN-PIERRE HOCKE,
* SAID THAT OF THE 1.3 MILLION REFUGEEB WHO LEFT THE INDO-CHINA * AREA OVER THE PAST YEARS, SOME 1.2 MILLION HAD ALREADY BEEN * RESETTLED.
· ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN DIFFICULTIEB ENCOUNTERED IN RESETTLING * THE RESIDUAL CASES, THE REMAINING FIGURE HAD TO BE SEEN AGAINST
THOSE RESETTLED, HE SAID.
MR HOCKE WHO TOOK UP HIS POST AS HIGH COMMISSIONER LAST
* DECEMBER, IS ON A TOUR OF REFUGEE CAMPB IN ASIA TO +SEE IF ANYTHING * NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS.+
ASKED IF HE WAS SATISFIED WITH THE CONDITION OF HONG KONG'S * REFUGEE CAMPS, MR HOCKE SAID THE UNHCR ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE
* IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMP CONDITIONS,
+WHEN WE REQUEST IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE WE DO NOT BASE OUR * REQUEST ON COMPARISON WITH OTHER AREAS. IT IS BASED ON THE * NEEDS OF THE REFUGEES,+ HE SAID.
BUT HE ADDED THAT A LOT HAD BEEN DONE IN HONG KONG GIVEN THE * LOCAL .CIRCUMSTANCES. MR HOCKE SAID THE UNHCR WAS DOING ITS BEST
ต่า * TO HAVE THE RESIDUAL CASES RESETTLED.
A ASKED WHETHER THE UNHCR WAS IN FAVOUR OF REPATRIATION, MR HOCKE
* SAID IT WAS, BUT CERTAIN CONDITIONS. HAD TO BE MET BEFORE
* REPATRIATION COULD BE PURSUED. ONE OF THOSE CONDITIONS, HE
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* ADDED, WAS THAT REPATRIATION HAD TO BE VOLUNTARY. ANOTHER WAS
* THE REFUGEE'S OWN ABILITY TO RE-INTEGRATE INTO HIS FORMER SOCIETY.
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