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GENUINE REFUGEES WILL EASILY BE RESETTLED. AS FAR AS WE KNOW, NONE HAVE EVER ''ESCAPED' FROM THE PROCESSING CENTRE IN BATAAN AND ONLY A HANDFUL FROM THE FIRST ASYLUM CAMP IN PALAWAN. FEW WOULD WISH TO
SETTLE IN THE IMPOVERISHED PHILIPPINES IF THERE IS A CHANCE OF GOING TO THE TRADITIONAL RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES. MRS DOMINGO ACKNOWLEDGED TO THE PRESS THAT MANGLAPUS HAD MADE A COMMITMENT TO HOUSE 10,000 REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG AND SHE THOUGHT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD CONTRIBUTED 5 MILLION PESOS, REPEAT PESOS. IT COULD BE POINTED OUT TO HER THAT OUR 5 MILLION DOLLARS IS 23 TIMES WHAT SHE THINKS AND THAT
ONLY SOME 5,000 REFUGEES ARE LIKELY TO COME HERE FROM HONG KONG.
5. MRS DOMINGO IS A FRIENDLY, MODEST AND HELPFUL LADY (FOR EXAMPLE OVER BUSINESSMEN'S VISAS AND DEPORTATIONS TO HONG KONG). BUT SHE CAN BE HARD-HEADED. SHE IS ONLY ACTING AS COMMISSIONER BUT EVEN IF NOT CONFIRMED SHE WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN INFLUENTIAL PLAYER IN THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION.
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