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(h)
(i)
(ii)
Singapore began its policy of refusing entry to all except ship rescue cases in 1979. In the process of towing at least one small boat towards Malaysia, the occupants were drowned.
This proved a most! effective
of deterring any thinking subsequently of heading for Singapore.
means
My recollection is that the
the Thais coined the phrase "closed camps" in 1981, to describe those Thai camps to which UNHCR and resettlement agencies had no
access.
(iii) The Chinese authorities along the Chinese coast between Vietnam and Hong Kong have been redirecting newly arrived boats eastwards since about 1980.
(iv)
(v)
The Macanese have since mid-1982 turned away all refugee boats and have towed them towards Hong Kong.
Several places in the region have occasionally towed boats out to sea (pour décourager
and les autres) senior UNHCR officials have alleged to me that in other
conditions have camps
from time to time (particularly in 1979-81) been allowed
to
deteriorate in
effort deliberate
deterrence.
a
further
at
In para 6, fifth sentence to avoid confusion "screening" should perhaps read "selection". It may be worth adding that places of asylum share the perception of resettlement countries (eg Hong Kong Immigration conducts its Own periodic camp surveys which indicate that roughly 80% of
leave arrivals
Vietnam
mainly either partly or "economic" reasons).
new
(i)
In
para
for
the
of aware
likely (in
7 second sentence we need to be implications of such а request:
are which Vietnamese eyes) to be that we would like tougher punishments
be imposed on those
escape.
to
caught trying
to
(j)
Para
(k)
7
third
sentence might include
Kampuchean conflict, since a sizeable
to the reference minority of Hong
Kong's new arrivals are seeking to evade conscription.
Para 7 last sentence I am not sure that this judgement is valid.
indefinite
in Arguably
detention
closed a
camp without realistic prospect of resettlement (eg Hong Kong 1983-85) does provide such a counterbalance. Whether this is at all humane or not, I cannot judge. Either detention with eventual
of prospect
resettlement 1986),
open accommodation without such Kong 1980-82) plainly do not deter.
or
in
(Hong Kong prospect (Hong
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