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MDHIAN 5638
IN MAY, UNHCR HAVE SO FAR VISITED 45 CASES. VISITS WERE MADE AS FOLLOWS:
MARCH 6 MARCH 7
2 HANOI
1 HANOI
MARCH 10 MARCH 14
MARCH 30 MARCH 31
MAY 15
MAY 16
6 HAIPHONG
7 HANOI
5 HANOI
3 HAIPHONG
6 HANOI
3 HAIPHONG
DETAILS FROM MAY 16 ONWARDS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE BUT I HOPE TO GET THESE FROM UNHCR LATER TODAY.
4. THE CASES VISITED HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY UNHCR ON THE BASIS OF BEING POSSIBLE PROBLEM CASES EG. YOUNG ARMY DESERTERS, STREET FIGHTERS. UNHCR HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GIVEN ACCESS TO THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE ASKED TO SEE. THEY HAVE BEEN ACCOMPANIED ON THEIR VISITS BY TWO DIRECTORS FROM THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL AFFAIRS. THESE TWO OFFICIALS HAD BEEN UNHCR'S INTERLOCUTORS IN THEIR ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME TO KAMPUCHEAN REFUGEES IN THE SOUTH. UNHCR HAVE ENCOUNTERED
NO DIFFICULTIES WITH THE VIETNAMESE OVER THE MONITORING PROGRAMME.
5.
UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE WILL BE VISITING OTHER RETURNEES IN QUANG
NINH PROVINCE (WHER THE SECOND HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF RETURNEES
AFTER HAIPHONG ARE LOCATED) ON 7 AND 8 AUGUST.
UNHCR ARE EXPECTING THE THIRD BATCH OF AROUND 140 VOLUNTARY RETURNEES ON 17 AUGUST.
6.
7.
SECOND SENTENCE YOUR TELNO 269 WAS COVERED BY PARA 2 OUR TELNO 397 OF 31 JULY 1989. WE HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION ON NGO ACTIVITY
IN VIETNAM.
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