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partly because of understandings with the countries of first refuge, continue to resettle both groups as though they were refugees. Thus we continue to attract further outflows of people who do not have genuine refugee grounds for leaving their own countries.
various measures have been adopted by interested countries to resolve this dilemma including humane deterrence policies of countries of first refuge, restrictive resettlement practices employed by resettlement countries and the promotion of orderly migration direct from the countries of origin. A further measure presently under consideration is the use of immigration criteria to process those elements of first refuge caseloads for whom refugee resettlement is not appropriate. These and similar measures have a significant role to play in alleviating the difficulties of the current situation. They must be seen, however, within an overall context. The fundamental problem is that individuals leaving the countries of Indochina for reasons other than political persecution cannot be dealt with by the accepted international response to illegal immigration, namely deportation of persons with no claim to refugee status or asylum. This is caused largely by the attitudes of source Governments who perceive such departures as a political
act.