A/CONF.148/4
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1.
The Governement of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam also took note of bilateral concerns that were conveyed to it through UNHCR and undertook to look into them and resolve them as appropriate.
8.
Concrete proposals for further technical improvements in the fields of medical processing and logistics were made by ICM to (and attached to the summary of discussions of) the Sub-Committee on Departures and Repatriation held in Bangkok on 11 April 1989.
9.
In line with the spirit and letter of the draft CPA, the information campaign outlined in Section I above would have greater awareness of regular departure procedures and migration programmes an one of its primary goals.
III. Promotion of Voluntary Repatriation
10. The draft CPA considers repatriation to be an appropriate solution for persons determined not to be refugees and recommends that, in the first instance, every effort be made to encourage the voluntary return of rejected cases. The promotion of voluntary repatriation will require a multi-faceted approach which includes individual and group counselling, special accommodation arrangements for rejected cases, appropriate educational programmes to facilitate reintegration, and reintegration assistance. Proposals in each of these areas are outlined below and are, mutatis mutandis, also applicable to the Lao.
Counselling
11.
Intensive counselling will be provided to all new arrivals both on
From their time of arrival, group and on an individual case basis. asylum-seekers will be informed of the existenc, of determination procedures and of the voluntary repatriation programme. Counselling in respect of voluntary repatriation will precede the determination process and be intensified thereafter.
12.
It is proposed that counselling in the first asylum situation would include the following elements:
a) Briefing of all new arrivals on a group and individual family basis
concerning the determination process and the existence of the voluntary repatriation programme. This briefing will include full details of application procedures for repatriation and of the provisions and guarantees for the return, reception and reintegration of repatriants. Printed handouts will be prepared in Vietnamese and
Within one week of arrival, all groups provided to all new arrivals. of new arrivals will have been seen by a UNHCR/Non-governmental Organization counsellor. By the end of the first month, all asylum-seekers will have had an individual family contact session with the counsellor.
b)
As early as possible after denial of appeals under determination procedures, all individual cases/families will have a counselling session. In 'ividual reasons for departure from the country of origin
Reasons for will be determined and a case dossier established.
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