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REPATRIATION (PARA 22) (ON, AS YOU SAY, AN QUOTE ORDERLY AND
HUMANE UNQUOTE BASIS). YOU IMPLY THAT SUCH A PROGRAMME WILL TAKE
SOME TIME TO ARRANGE, AND MAY INDEED BE VERY DIFFICULT TO
ACHIEVE. WHILE WE AGREE ON THE NEED FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY IN ANY
SCREENING OUT ARRANGEMENTS WE FORESEE A NEED FOR SOME FORM OF
AGREED CRITERIA. WHAT ARE YOUR VIEWS ON THIS? WOULD UNHCR MAKE
SUGGESTIONS? WHAT INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS WOULD YOU ENVISAGE FOR
QUOTE SCREENED-OUT UNQUOTE ASYLUM SEEKERS UNTIL A REPATRIATION
PROGRAMME COULD BE IMPLEMENTED?
(C) AS YOU ARE AWARE, HONG KONG IS UNUSUAL IN HAVING A LARGE
CASELOAD OF NORTH VIETNAMESE, WHO ARE PROVING INCREASINGLY
DIFFICULT TO RESETTLE. YOUR SUGGESTION (PARA 19 OF THE PAPER) ON
DEFINING QUOTE MANDATE UNQUOTE ASYLUM-SEEKERS WOULD APPEAR TO
(NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) EXCLUDE MOST NORTH VIETNAMESE, SINCE THE
MAJORITY HAVE NOT BEEN SUBJECTED TO SIGNIFICANT QUOTE CHANGES IN
THE LAST DECADE UNQUOTE. IT ALSO SEEMS CLEAR THAT MOST WOULD
(NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) NOT QUALIFY TO BE CONSIDERED UNDER
CATEGORIES A OR C. DO YOU THEREFORE ENVISAGE THAT MOST NORTH
VIETNAMESE WOULD BE TREATED AS ECONOMIC MIGRANTS?
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(D)
YOU REFER IN PARA 22 OF THE PAPER TO THE REPATRIATION OF
SPECIAL GROUPS, SUCH AS THOSE IN CERTAIN AGE BRACKETS. GRATEFUL
FOR YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHICH AGE BRACKETS COULD BE INVOLVED THE
VERY YOUNG? SINGLE YOUNG MALES? THE ELDERLY? AND WHAT OTHER
GROUPS MIGHT BE CANDIDATES FOR REPATRIATION? WOULD ALSO LIKE TO
HEAR YOUR THINKING BEHIND THE REFERENCE TO QUOTE DIVIDENDS
UNQUOTE. DOES THIS MEAN A POSSIBLE LINKAGE BETWEEN REPATRIATION
AND A RESUMPTION OF AID TO VIETNAM? THIS RAISES SERIOUS
DIFFICULTIES FOR WESTERN COUNTRIES IN VIEW OF VIETNAM'S OWN HUMAN
RIGHTS RECORD AND ITS OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA. DO YOU THINK
VIETNAMESE WOULD AGREE TO A SCREENING PROGRAMME, TO REPATRIATION
WITHOUT EXESSSIVE STRINGS, AND TO GIVE RELIABLE ASSURANCES THAT
UNACCEPTABLE
PUNITIVE ACTION WOULD NOT BE TAKEN AGAINST RETURNEES? WOULD THEY
PERMIT UNHCR TO MONITOR THEIR TREATMENT AFTER RETURN?
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