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MIPT: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE : REPATRIATION
THE TEXT OF OUR DRAFT PAPER ON REPATRIATION FOLLOWS :
BEGINS
REPATRIATION
THE STEERING COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 8(B) OF THE CPA
SHALL HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REPATRIATION PROGRAMME, BEARING IN MIND :
(A) THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN TO FACILITATE THE
RETURN OF THEIR OWN CITIZENS INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE DETERMINED TO
BE NON-REFUGEES: AND
(B) THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT REPATRIATES INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE DETERMINED TO BE NON-REFUGEES, CAN RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IN CONDITIONS OF SAFETY AND DIGNITY.
2. THE IMMEDIATE PRIORITY OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE SHALL BE TO REVIEW THE OPERATION OF THE ESTABLISHED UNHCR/VIETNAM VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION SCHEME. THE OBJECTIVE SHALL BE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAMME
SO THAT A REGULAR AND LARGE SCALE FLOW OF REPATRIATES IS
ESTABLISHED WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE DATE OF THE ICIR. THE STEERING
COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF THE SCHEME:
(A) COUNSELLING AND ADVICE ON REPATRIATION FOR VIETNAMESE BOAT
PEOPLE INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE NOT GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS:
(B) REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE, INCLUDING THE NEED FOR A FURTHER INERNATIONAL APPEAL FOR FUNDS:
(C) READMISSION PROCEDURES AND TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENTS:
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