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here might
benefit from an amnesty.
It would be
desirable to ensure that some of the long term screened
out were included in each repatriation to emphasise the
point that all non-refugees would be returned to Vietnam.
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This strategy involving a dual track screening
of old and new arrivals could be implemented quickly. We
have already started screening new arrivals at Green
Island. The main constraint is the willingness or
ability of the Vietnamese government to accept regular
large scale repatriation of non-volunteers,
and
particularly by sea.
reception facilities
Haiphong.
It would be essential for new
be established at Hanoi and
It might take time and money to persuade the
to
Vietnamese to co-operate in such a programme.
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in
Another
accepting
procedure.
a
problem might be the UNHCR's difficulty
screening and review
streamlined
They are unable to cope with the present rate
of 400 persons a week and have recently asked that the
procedures be slowed down to 80 a week. UNHCR do not of
course have a veto on the pace of the screening and
review procedures, but their continued co-operation is of
considerable value if we are to defend the procedures as
meeting internationally acceptable standards.
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