The
In order to help ensure that orderly departure programs are
effectively expanded to become the primary route for legal
migration and family reunification, and to lend more legitimacy
to status determination programs, third country resettlement
efforts should give less emphasis to family ties and other
immigration eligibility criteria in admitting refugees.
likelihood of fostering expectations of resettlement and an "exit
mentality" among potential migrants in Vietnam would be
decreased, with greater attention being focused on finding
durable solutions for persons leaving Vietnam for bona fide
refugee reasons.
With regard to the situation of the older group of
Vietnamese long-stayers, third country resettlement should only
be offered once the new measures for status determination and
repatriation are fully in place for handling new arrivals of boat
persons. To process the long-stayers for resettlement before the
new arrangements are effectively functioning might precipitate
additional influxes of persons hoping to "get in before the gate
closes."
Repatriation
Present conditions in Vietnam, though significantly better
than during 1978-80, are by no means stable enough to permit easy
solutions for those denied refugee status.
Although denial of
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