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UNHCR OFFICIALS HERE HAVE TOLD US THAT THE THAN AUTHORITIES HAVE PROPOSED THAT KHAO-I-DANG RESIDENTS BE MOVED TO A SITE ADJACENT TO, BUT SEPARATE FROM, SHTE B (THE SIHANOUK IST CAMP IN SURIN PROVINCE). WE UNDERSTAND PROPOSAL COVERS ALL THOSE CURRENTLY IN THE CAMP, EXCEPT FOR THE ILLEGALS'' (E. THOSE WITHOUT ANY ''STATUS'') WHO ARE SCHEDULED TO BE TRANSFERRED TO STE B ITSELF. UNHCR WOULD CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THE NEW CAMP, AND IT WOULD APPEAR AS THOUGH THE THIAS ARE PREPARED TO AGREE TO KHAO-1-DANG RESIDENTS RETAINING THEIR REFUGEE STATUS.
2. UNHCR TELL US THAT THEY HAVE INSPECTED THE PROPOSED NEW SITE, AND WERE FAVOURABLE IMPRESSED. BUT THEY ARE CONTINUING TO PLAY THE THAIS SLOWLY AND CAUTIOUSLY: THEY DO NOT WANT TO APPEAR TO BE JUMPING AT THE FIRST OFFER THE THAIS MAKE. NEGOTIATIONS ARE THEREFORE LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME BEFORE A FINAL
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