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TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF THOSE WHO ARE DEFINED AS REFUGEES AND ARE AWAITING RESETTLEMENT. THIS WILL BE A GRADUAL PROCESS. IT WILL RESULT IN THE UNHCR TAKING OVER FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CAMPS INVOLVED WITH A SAVING TO THE COMMUNITY OF UP TO DOLLARS 150 MILLION A YEAR. IT WILL ENABLE REFUGEES TO ACQUIRE EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OR WORK SKILLS WHICH WILL MAKE THEM MORE ACCEPTABLE TO RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES. BUT JOB PLACEMENT WILL BE CARRIED OUT CAREFULLY BY UNHCR. THERE WILL BE NO SUDDEN FLOODING OF THE LABOUR MARKET, OR THE STREETS, IN ONE AREA BY PEOPLE WHO WERE FORMERLY IN CLOSED CAMPS. THE NEW CENTRES, ONCE THEY ARE OPENED, WILL BE PROPERLY MANAGED. AND THEIR EXISTENCE WILL NOT AFFECT THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO LOCAL PEOPLE.
129. IN DEALING WITH THE INFLUX OF BOAT PEOPLE FROM VIETNAM THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE BOTH FAIR AND FIRM. WE MUST BE CONSCIOUS BOTH
PRINCIPLES AND THE NEEDS OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY.
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