2.
J
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988
UNITED
BECAUSE REFUGEES,
OF A GROUNDS OF RACE, RELIGION,
OR SOCIAL
POLITICAL
THEY WERE NOT LEAVING VIETNAM, IN THE TERMS OF THE 1951
ON THE STATUS NATIONS CONVENTION
OF PERSECUTION "WELL-FOUNDED FEAR NATIONALITY OR
OF MEMBERSHIP GROUPING.
"
OF
ON
A
PARTICULAR
THEY WERE SIMPLY PEOPLE SEEKING A BETTER LIFE, HE SAID.
REFUGEES CAN PRODUCE A THE LARGE SO
"REPATRIATION FOR THOSE ACCEPTED BY HONG KONG AS
VOLUNTARY BASIS AND ALL EFFORTS ΤΟ ONLY BE DONE ON A SATISFACTORY AGREEMENT WITH VIETNAM ON THE REPATRIATION OF NUMBERS OF THEIR CITIZENS WHO CONTINUE TO ARRIVE IN HONG KONG HAVE FAR MET WITH DISCOURAGING RESULTS," SIR DAVID SAID.
ΤΟ
CONSIDER
**
AUTHORITIES STEADFASTLY REFUSE "THE VIETNAMESE ACCEPTING THE RETURN OF THEIR PEOPLE EXCEPT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
THE ASSOCIATION OF A RECENT SEMINAR INVOLVING DELEGATES FROM
KONG CONCLUDED THAT THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS COUNTRIES AND HONG
IN
WHOSE GOVERNMENT VIETNAM,
HAD ROOT CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM LAY
A
RESOLVE IT, AND THAT IT CLEAR OBLIGATION TO
WAS OF FUNDAMENTAL IMPORTANCE TO DISCOURAGE FUTURE OUTFLOWS FROM THAT COUNTRY, HE NOTED.
IT WAS ALSO CLEAR THAT EXISTING
ARRANGEMENTS WHICH OF AUTOMATIC RESETTLEMENT FOR ALL THE PROSPECT OR HOPE VIETNAM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WERE A MAJOR PULL FACTOR'
+
IT WAS AGAINST
+
HELD OUT LEFT WHO
BACKGROUND,
SIR DAVID SAID THAT
THIS
OF A COMMUNITY OF HONG SITUATION THAT COULD NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED BY THE
WITH THE KONG, THAT THE CURRENT POLICY WAS REVIEWED, IN CONSULTATION BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
EXPLAINING THE NEW
MIDNIGHT SCREENED
ARRANGEMENTS, HE SAID AS FROM WOULD BE TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY), ALL BOAT PEOPLE FROM VIETNAM
DETERMINE THEIR QUALIFICATION AS AND THERE WOULD BE A PROCEDURE TO GENUINE REFUGEES ACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONALLY ACCEPTED CRITERIA.
STAFF ON
THE SCREENING, CARRIED OUT BY IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THE BASIS OF INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS, WOULD BE BASED ON GUIDELINES
COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES DOWN BY THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO MONITOR IT.
THERE WOULD ALSO BE A RIGHT OF APPEAL, HE
ACCOMMODATED BE
IN
LAID
(UNHCR),
SAID. ANY SCREENED CLOSED CAMPS WITH OTHER ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THE HEL LING CHAU
IN AS REFUGEES WOULD REFUGEES, WHILE THE REST WOULD BE TREATED AS BE DETAINED, PENDING REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM, IN CENTRE.
THE DETENTION