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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1991,

JOINT STATEMENT ON VM'S

ISSUED VIETNAMESE

STATEMENT FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE JOINT

END OF THE TALKS IN

THE (FRIDAY)

TODAY MIGRANTS:

AT THE

ON HANOI

FOR

OF

"OFFICIALS FROM THE BRITISH AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS TOGETHER WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER REFUGEES (UNHCR) AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION (IOM) MET OFFICIALS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC VIETNAM IN HANOI FROM 23 - 27 SEPTEMBER 1991 TO

27 SEPTEMBER 1991 TO DISCUSS ADDITIONAL DO MEANS OF ACCELERATING THE RATE OF RETURN TO VIETNAM OF THOSE WHO NOT QUALIFY AS REFUGEES, FOLLOWING UP THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE ON COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION (CPA) STEERING COMMITTEE IN GENEVA 30 APRIL/1 MAY 1991.

"THIS MEETING

THIS

EXCHANGES FOLLOWS EARLIER DISCUSSION AND YEAR WITH VIETNAM ABOUT THE PROBLEMS POSED IN HONG KONG BY THE ARRIVAL

IT WAS AGREED LARGE OF

NUMBERS OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS. INFLOW HAD TO BE STEMMED TO AVOID UNDERMINING THE CPA.

WAS "THERE

THAT

THIS

OF POSSIBLE OF ILLEGAL THAT SUCH ACCORDANCE WITH

A PRODUCTIVE AND DETAILED DISCUSSION ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF ACCELERATING THE RATE OF RETURN IMMIGRANTS WITH A VIEW TO REINFORCING THE CPA PROVISION PERSONS SHOULD RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IN INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES.

THE

"THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES WELCOMED GREATER EFFORTS BEING MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC

AND OF VIETNAM

UNHCR'S CLANDESTINE DISCOURAGE

DEPARTURES COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION PROGRAMME.

ΤΟ

"IT WAS NOTED THAT THE CASH PAYMENT PROVIDED TO THOSE RETURNING RETURN. TO VIETNAM HAS BECOME AN INCENTIVE FOR DEPARTURE RATHER THAN CONSEQUENTLY, UNHCR ANNOUNCED THAT THE LEVEL OF CASH ASSISTANCE WOULD ASYLUM SEEKERS BE REDUCED DRASTICALLY WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT FOR ALL

27 ARRIVING FROM VIETNAM IN PLACES OF FIRST ASYLUM AFTER 1991.

"THERE WAS

SEPTEMBER

ΤΟ

IMPLEMENT

FURTHER THE

NEED AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPLE ON THE TO ACHIEVE AN MEASURES

ACCELERATED RATE OF RETURN. DISCUSSIONS, INCLUDING CONSULTATION IN CAPITALS, ARK ENVISAGED IN NEAR FUTURE TO TAKE THE WORK FORWARD."

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