Embassy of the United States of America
MPIRA VRS: Realenst in 2nd Centres.
WORLD REFUGEE REPORT TO CONGRESS
FY 1987
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REPORTING FORMAT – OECD CAPITALS
DEVELOPMENT (OECD)
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ALL OF WHICH BELONG TO
6. . THE DEVELOPID COUNTRIES THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND
HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT BOLE IN REFUGEE AFFAIRS FROM BOTH THE REFUGEE PRODUCING CCUNTRIES AND THOSE PROVIDING FIRST ASYLUM TO REFUGEES, MOST OF WHICH ARE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. MOST OECD COUNTRIES ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY INSULATED FROM THE MASSIVE REFUGEE INFLUXES OF THE SORT EXPERIENCED BY COUNTRIES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD, SUCH AS PAKISTAN, THAILAND, OR SUDAN. WHILE THEY DO NOT HOST LARGI FIRST ASYLUM POPULATIONS, THE CECI COUNTRIES HAVI PROVIDED RESETTLEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR MANY THOUSANDS OF INDCCHINESE AND OTHER REFUGEES IN THE PAST, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING GROWING PRESSURE FROM ASYIUM-SEEKERS ON THEIR CVN TERRITORIES. THE OECD COUNTRIES ALSO PROVIDE THE BULK OF THE ASSISTANCE MONEY FCR BELPING REFUGEES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. THE U.N. BIGB COMMISSIONIR FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR), THE U.N. RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR FAST (UNRWA), THE WORLI FOOD FRCGRAM, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS (ICRC) AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES THAT ASSIST REFUGEES RELY ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY ON VOLUNTARY CCNTRIBUTIONS FROM THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO ENABLE THEM TO CARRY OUT THEIR WORK FOR REFUGEES AND REFUGEE-HOSTING COUNTRIES. THEREFORE, THE QUISTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED BY POSTS IN THE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ARE SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ADDRESSED TC POSTS IN REFUGTE GENERATING AND REFUGEE BOSTING COUNTRIES. POSTS IN OECD COUNTRIES ARE ASKED TO RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN THEIR REPCRTS:
A.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT ON THE HOST COUNTRY OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS?
B.
IF REFUGEES HAVE BEEN RESETTLED OR GRANTED ASYLUM IN THE HOST COUNTRY, PLEASE DESCRIBE SERVICES FOR WHICH THEY ARE ELIGIBLE: CASE ASSISTANCE, SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, LANGUAGE AND JOF TRAINING, ETC. PLEASE TRY TO OBTAIN AN ESTIMATE FROM BCS1 GCVIRNMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF MONET- SPENT PER CAPITA ON RESETTLED REFUGEES OR ASYLEES.
C. WHAT ARE THE FROSPECTS FOR INCREASED REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT BY THE HOST COUNTRY?
B
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D. HAVE THERI BIIN ANY LEGISLATIVE OR ADMINISTRAL INDEX DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE LAST REPORT BEARING UPON THE GRANTING OF RIFUGIE OR ASYLUM STATUS?
I. WHAT HOST GOVERNMENT AGENCY HAS THE LEAD ROLE IN REFUGEE AFFAIRS?
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