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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1991
I MEAN YOU'VE WILL THEY GO BACK FIRST HAVING BEEN DETERMINED
IT'S SLOW BUT SOME HAVE SCREENED SOME, YOU HAVEN'T SCREENED OTHERS - BEEN SCREENED NOW; ARE THOSE ONES GOING TO BE AMONGST THE FIRST TO BACK?
ALISTAIR ASPREY:
GO
IN THE I MEAN BASICALLY WE WILL DEAL WITH THEM
THE NEW ARRIVALS WILL COME SAME WAY AS WE DEAL WITH ALL THE OTHERS.
NEW UNDER THE AGREEMENT AND THE ARRANGEMENTS I'VE ANNOUNCED TODAY FOR
THE SAME ARRIVALS. THE EXISTING POPULATION WILL THEN BE TREATED IN WAY AS OTHERS, ONCE THEIR STATUS AND THEIR FUTURE IS DETERMINED.
FOR
Q: IF YOU OPT FOR THE LONG-STAYERS, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO REPATRIATE THE PEOPLE THEY ARE GOING TO OFFER THE WHO ARE LEAST LIKELY TO WANT TO GO BACK. MOST RESISTANCE AND POSSIBLY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO USE FORCE TO GET THE ONES WHO'VE BEEN WHY DON'T YOU REPATRIATE THEM TO RETURN. SCREENED-OUT MOST RECENTLY?
ALISTAIR ASPREY:
DECISION ON
WE HAVE NOT AT THIS STAGE TAKEN ANY
OF CHOOSING PRECISELY HOW WE WILL START WITH THE PROGRAMME IN TERMS
ALL I SAID WAS BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN SCREENED-OUT.
WHO HAVE BEEN THAT CLEARLY WE WILL HAVE TO REPATRIATE ONLY THOSE SCREENED-OUT. BY AND LARGE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SCREENED-OUT FROM EXISTING POPULATION ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE LONGEST.
Q: UNDER THE NEW AGREEMENT, ARE THE BRITISH GOING TO SHARE THE COST OF REPATRIATION?
THE
THE
HALF OF
FOR
THE
AIRLINE, ORDERLY RETURN THE VOLUNTARY
SHOULD PERHAPS I
JUST MAKE ALISTAIR ASPREY: I BELIEVE SO, YES. CLEAR THAT, AS I'VE SAID THE REINTEGRATION ASSISTANCE IS A MATTER
PAY FOR HAVE TO UNHCR. WE WILL OF COURSE TRANSPORTATION COSTS OF THOSE WHO GO BACK UNDER THE PROGRAMME; NOT OF COURSE FOR THOSE WHO GO BACK UNDER PROGRAMME. IT IS THE INTENTION THAT THOSE COSTS WOULD BE SPLIT FIFTY- FIFTY BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
Q: HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK WILL BE NEEDED TO CLEAR OUT ALL THE CAMPS?
WHAT I
NEEDED, THAT ALISTAIR ASPREY: WELL I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WILL BE DEPENDS OF COURSE ON THE PROPORTION WHO GO BACK VOLUNTARILY AS OPPOSED TO THE PROPORTION WHO GO UNDER THE ORDERLY RETURN PROGRAMME. DO KNOW IS THAT THE COST OF RETURNING SOMEONE TO VIETNAM WILL BE MUCH LESS THAN THE COST IT TAKES TO KEEP SOMEONE IN HONG KONG.
MAINTENANCE IS SOMETHING
$16,000 A YEAR, THE COST OF
COST COSTS, OBVIOUSLY
ARE OTHER COSTS THERE ACCOMMODATION AND SO FORTH, SO IT IS CERTAINLY A LOT LESS THAN THAT.
LIKE
THERE,
STAFF
VERY PURELY AND
OF
Q:
I WAS WONDERING, ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW THE PRESS CAMPS IN THE NEAR FUTURE?
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