1.)
continued law enforcement measures directed against
those organizing clandestine departures; and
2.) coordinated international and domestic mass-media
activities focussing on the dangers and disadvantages
of clandestine departure, and encouragement of the use
of regular departure and other migration programs.
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The calls, made most strongly by the ASEAN countries, for
Vietnam to make substantial efforts to deter "clandestine
departures" are based on an understandable concern to address the
problem of continued mass exodus "at its root. Proponents of
enforced controls on departures simultaneously call on Vietnam
and the concerned resettlement countries to work to make legal
migration programs the sole means of exit for those wishing to
leave.
However, this "combined root approach" does not take into
account that in many cases bona fide refugees with a compelling
fear of persecution may not be able to benefit from more
officially facilitated programs, and will of necessity seek
clandestine means of flight.
Additionally, what is being called
for is continued enforcement of Vietnam's laws against "the
organizing of illegal departures." It is the continued existence-in-force of this specific Vietnamese legal code, which
also contains provisions for the punishment of participants in
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