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OF 250235Z SEPTEMBER 86
INFO PRIORITY OSLO, UKMIS GENEVA
VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : NORWEGIAN RESETTLEMENT
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A NORWEGIAN SELECTION TEAM, HEADED BY MRS RUTH RYSTE, DIRECTOR
OF THE STATE REFUGEE AGENCY (MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS) ARRIVED
ON 23 AUGUST. OTHER MEMBERS WERE MRS THNEKE STENSTAD (STATE
REFUGEE AGENCY), MS. PAULA TOLONEN (GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF IMMIG- RATHON, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE) AND MR. NGUYEN VAN QUOC (VIETNAMESE (INTERPRETER). APART FROM SELECTING CANDIDATES TO FILL AN OPEN QUOTA OF 75 RESETTLEMENT PLACES, THERE WERE ALSO AUTHORISED TO
ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF REFUGEES UNDER THE TWENTY-OR-MORE *
SCHEME. TWO JOURNALISTS FROM VERDENS GANG (VG) ALSO ACCOMPANIED
THEM DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
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THE SELECTION PROCESS TOOK PLACE FROM 26 AUGUST TO 3 SEPTEMBER.
A TOTAL OF 198 REFUGEES (47 FAMILIES) WERE INTERVIEWED. 103
REFUGEES (26 FAMILIES), INCLUDING FIVE HANDICAPPED WERE SELECTED.
3. 90 REFUGEES (23 FAMILIES) LEFT ON 11 AND 15 SEPTEMBER FOR THE
RPC IN BATAAN. OF THE REMAINING 13 REFUGEES, 11 (2 FAMILIES)
INCLUDING TWO HANDICAPPED CASES ARE NOT SUITABLE TO BE ACCOMMODATED
IN BATAAN AND WILL FLY TO NORWAY DIRECT AT A LATER DATE TO BE
ARRANGED. ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR THE LAST TWO REFUGEES TO
PROCEED TO THE PRC IN BATAAN TOWARDS THE END OF THEMONTH.
4.
THE SELECTION TEAM RETURNED TO NORWAY ON 5 SEPTEMBER.
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