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patriation nor pay for their upkeep in Hong Kong. completely negative policy is irresponsible and harmful to the As I stressed in my meetings with state boat people themselves. Department and N National Security Council officials, the United States must stop frustrating the implementation of the CPA and allow for repatriation of non-refugees under the United Nations I was pleased that many Protocol on the Status of Refugees. Americans, including those who attended the annual conference of my Refugees International last yea reacted favourably to suggestions, yet, the US Government remains unmoved to this day. The British Government will have to expend far more energy and political capital if it is to persuade its ally of a need for
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In addition, I hope the United States will agree to lift its embargo on all trade with Vietnam, and I applaud the efforts of my Honourable colleague, MX. Martin Barrow, and the American Chamber of Commerce on this subject. FoF, the only long-term solution to the crisis is to promote economic growth and reform inside Vietnam itself. A lifting of the trade embargo, moreover,
might prove to be a catalyst in persuading non-refugees in Hong
Kong to return home.
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Finally, I would like to discuss what we in Hong Kong can
do here to deal with the situation. Screening has improved substantially in the sighteen months since November 1989, when i objected to the planned mandatory
the planned mandatory repatriation, and now, UNHOR has said that it accepts the validity of the screening
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