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THIS WOULD REQUIRE A MECHANISM TO REGULATE THE FLOW.
RESETTLEMENT (UNDERLINED)
YOU ARE AWARE OF HMG'S CONDITIONAL COMMITMENT TO RESETTLE A FURTHER 1,000 REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG (FCO TELNOS 3281 TO 3284 TO HONG KONG). WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL ACT AS AN INCENTIVE TO OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO FOLLOW SUIT. HOWEVER WITHOUT SUITABLE SCREENING MEASURES, RESETTLEMENT CAN ACT AS A PULL FACTOR. SHOULD IF NECESSARY MAKE CLEAR AT THE BANGKOK MEETING THAT OUR NEW COMMITMENT RELATES TO BOAT PEOPLE WITH REFUGEE STATUS AND
THAT THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE OF ALL NON-REFUGEES CAN ONLY BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF A SCREENING AND REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
REPATRIATION
(UNDERLINED)
SEE PARA 2 ABOVE. IT IS WIDELY RECOGNISED IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY THAT REPATRIATION IS A NECESSARY ELEMENT IN ANY COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT OF THE BOAT PEOPLE PROBLEM. IT IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF ANY COHERENT APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM AND
MUST BE PROPERLY ADDRESSED IN ANY DOCUMENT FOR THE PROPOSED
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. WE RECOGNISE THAT BOTH THE AMERICANS
AND UNHCR HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CONCEPT OF INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION (AND THEREFORE DOUBT WHETHER THEY WOULD BE PREPARED TO REVERT TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE TOKYO PAPER). BUT WE
CANNOT ACCEPT A TEXT WHICH CLOSES THE DOOR ON THIS OPTION. THE
TRICK WILL BE TO FIND LANGUAGE THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GROUP WHICH LEAVES OPEN THE PROSPECT OF INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION AT A LATER STAGE. WE AGREE THAT STRESS SHOULD BE LAID ON VIETNAM'S RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER ESTABLISHED
INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE TO TAKE BACK ALL NON-REFUGEES (AS WELL AS ALL VOLUNTEERS, WHETHER SCREENED IN OR OUT). IT FOLLOWS FROM THIS THAT WE WOULD PREFER TO SEE A FULL STOP PLACED AFTER QUOTE DIGNITY UNQUOTE IN THE FIRST TIRET OF THE KUALA LUMPUR PAPER AND THE REST OF THE SENTENCE DELETED. THE FIRST TWO SENTENCES IN THE SECOND TIRET ARE ACCEPTABLE AS DRAFTED. THE THIRD IS NOT (THE DOCUMENT IS NOTE MEANT TO BE A RECORD OF INDIVIDUAL DELEGATIONS' POSITIONS). QUOTE VOLUNTARY UNQUOTE IN THE THIRD TIRET MUST BE DELETED.
REINTEGARATION ASSISTANCE (UNDERLINED)
YOU SHOULD CONFINE YOURSELF TO SAYING THAT WE ARE READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO A REINTEGRATION PACKAGE CHANNELLED THROUGH UNHCR
AND THAT WE ARE URGENTLY CONSIDERING OUR RESPONSE TO UNHCR'S
APPEAL FOR FUNDS.
DETERMINATION OF STATUS (UNDERLINED)
THE CRITERIA SHOULD BE THOSE CONTAINED IN THE 1951 CONVENTION AND
1967 PROTOCOL. BUT IT IS THE PROCEDURES (UNDERLINED) NOT THE
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