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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 199
'MONITORING OCCURS IN THIS CONTEXT AND MUST BE SKEN IN THIS CONTEXT. NOT ALL RETURNEES ARE VISITED ON A SYSTEMATIC AND REGULAR BASIS BUT RATHER ON A RANDOM BASIS.
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I THE INCREASING PRESENCE OF INTERNATIONAL NGU STAFF IN
URBAN AND RURAL AREAS CONTRIBUTES TO THE INCREASED FLOW OP INFORMATION AND THUS ENHANCES THE CONFIDENCE IN THE MONITORING RESPONSIBILITIES IN VIETNAM.'
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'GIVEN AVAILABLE
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ADEQUATELY
VIETNAM.
RESOURCES, FULFILLING ITS
WE ARE SATISFIED THAT' UNHOR TS MONITORING RESPONSIBILITIES IN
('OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE NGO VISIT TO VIETNAM, 21 MAY').
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"TO COMPLEMENT THE EFFORTS OF UNHCR IN MONITORI VISITS ARE PERIODICALLY MADE TO RETURNEES DY MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH EMBASSY HANOL,
BY NGO'S AND BY VISITING DIGNITARIES AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM OVERSEAS. NONE HAS EVER FOUND ANY INDICATION OF PERSECUTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL RETURNEE.
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"IN ADDITION TO UNHCR ACTIVITIES, THE WORK OF NGO'S, WHICH PROVIDES A FORM OF DE FACTO MONITORING. IS EXPANDING FAST. ALREADY AT WORK 1 N VIETNAM PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AREAS WHERE MOST VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS COME FROM ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THE JAPAN INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER CENTRE, THE NORWEGIAN AND DAN ISH REFUGEE COUNCILS, AUSTCARE AND THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND.
"IN ADDITION, AMONG THOSE WITH PLANS FOR FUTURE ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN VIETNAM ARE ACTION AID, WORLD RELIEF COUNCIL, OXFAM, THE U.S. CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICE, WORLD VISION, A GROUP OF SCANDINAV LAN NGO'S, L'ORGANISATION CANADIENNE POUR LA SOLIDARITE ET LE DEVELOPMENT, AND THE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING OF THE NETHERLANDS."
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263 VM'S RETURN TO VIETNAM
A GROUP OF 263 VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS TODAY
(WEDNESDAY) RETURNED
TO VIETNAM UNDER THE UNHCR'S VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION PROGRAMME.
COMPRISING 105 MEN, 62 WOMEN, 41 ROYS AND 55 GIRLS, THEY WERE
THE 72ND BATCH TO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
THIS GROUP BROUGHT TO 4,729 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAVE RETURNED VOLUNTARILY THIS YEAR, AND TO 11,025 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF RETURNEES SINCE THE PROGRAMME STARTED IN MARCH 1989.
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