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we have already accepted since 1975.
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The major issue which remains to be addressed is the need
for those who are not refugees to return to Vietnam.
- At International Conference on Indo-Chinese Refugees in Geneva in June 1989, the principle was established in a Comprehensive Plan of Action that all non-refugees must be
returned to Vietnam.
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The Steering Committee which met in Geneva in late January 1990 narrowly failed to reach agreement on how to deal with those determined not to be refugees following screening. Almost all participants were prepared to accept that mandatory repatriation could begin from 1 July 1990.
the end consensus was blocked by Vietnam and the United
States.
But in
- At a further regional meeting held in Manila in May, the first asylum countries issued a statement stressing the need
for all aspects of the CPA to be fully implemented and UK
announced a £1 million contribution for British Non
Government organisations programmes in areas of Vietnam from which the boat people originate.
We fully support the return of volunteers to Vietnam and have reached agreement with Vietnamese government to increase the number of volunteers returned to 1,000 per
month.
But voluntary repatriation alone insufficient to deal with the scale of the problem. We have therefore agreed with the Vietnamese and UNHCR to commence repatriation of those non-volunteers who do not object as soon as practical, an
arrangement to which US Secretary Baker has said the US would not object. The first repatriation flight of
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