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INFO IMMEDIATE KUALA LUMPUR, HONG KONG
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VNA REPORT:
MANY FOREIGN SOURCES HAVE MENTIONED THE QUESTION OF FURTIVE EMIGRANTS BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN TO VIETNAM. ON THIS MATTER, VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE CLEAR AGAIN VIETNAL'S POSITION THAT BECAUSE THE QUESTION OF FURTIVE EMIGRANTS ARE A HUMANITARIAN AND COMPLICATED MATTER, IT SHOULD BE SETTLED IN THE HUMANITARIAN SPIRIT AND ON THE BASIS OF NEGOTIATIONS AND COOPERATION BETWEEN VIETNAM AND THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED AND THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (HCR).
VIETNAM ACCEPTS VOLUNTARY REPATRIATES. THEY WILL BE RE-SETTLED IN THEIR OLD PLACES OF RESIDENCE OF VIETNAM. VIETNAM WILL TREAT THEM HUMANELY ALTHOUGH THEY ARE LAW-BREAKERS. VIETNAM NEEDS FINANCIAL HELP FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR THE REPATRIATION AND RE-SETTLEMENT OF THOSE PERSONS.
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