who
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Vietnam appears more intransigent than Laos or
Cambodia.
(and verified)
(ii) Assurances would have to be secured (and verified
--that those returned suffered no ill-treatment.
(iii) The right of genuine refugees to refugee status
must be maintained.
(iv) HMG's policy with respect to Indochinese refugees
must be in accordance with its policies to refugees
generally and with its obligations under the
relevant Conventions to which the UK is a party,
and if possible, with its support of rights of
freedom to change abode.
11.
There would undoubtedly be difficulties.
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(i) The current perception that everyone who has left
is
Indochina as a refugee would be difficult to
counter.
(ii) The authorities in Indochina are likely to demand
at least programmes of assistance to resettle
returnees and possibly higher diplomatic prices
(recognition of PRK?) as a quid pro quo.
(iii) The return of people, some of whom had been
prepared to run the risks of murder, rape and ship-
wreck, to the conditions of life and control of
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