16.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1991
IN
REPATRIATING THE Q: MR. ASPREY, WILL YOU BE WORKING BACKWARDS
LEAST EXISTING CAMP POPULATION SO THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE THE TIME WILL BE GOING BACK FIRST?
WE
HAVE
CHRONOLOGICAL
ALISTAIR ASPREY: CLEARLY WE'VE GOT TO START WITH THE SCREENED OUT. WILL ONLY BE REPATRIATING THE SCREENED OUT AND CLEARLY THOSE WHO BEEN SCREENED SO FAR, IT'S BEEN DONE ROUGHLY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER,
IN ROUGHLY NOT ENTIRELY
CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER BUT IN ORDER: SO IT WILL BE APPLYING INITIALLY, AND AFTER WE MOVE ON TO EXISTING CAMP POPULATIONS AND THE NEW ARRIVALS, PRIMARILY TO THE STAYERS, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE BEEN SCREENED OUT.
Q: ARE YOU FOCUSING ON NEW ARRIVALS BECAUSE YOU THINK THEY LESS RESISTANT TO RETURN THEM FORCIBLY TO VIETNAM?
ASPREY:
NO,
LONG
WILL BE
AS I SAID ALISTAIR
WE ARE FOCUSING ON NEW ARRIVALS,
THAT ONE OF THE FIRST BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED BEFORE,
WE MUST OBJECTIVES IN A REPATRIATION PROGRAMME, AND THE FIRST THING
PROBLEM AIM FOR IS TO MAKE THE PRESENT PROBLEM FINITE; TO PREVENT THE
THIS HAS GETTING EVER BIGGER BY CONTINUING LARGE NUMBERS OF ARRIVALS.
TERMS OF MADE IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH IN EVERY WAY, IN ACCOMMODATION, IN TERMS OF SCREENING, IN EVERY WAY. OBJECTIVE, AND WE HAD THIS IN MIND FOR A VERY LONG TIME, IS
INITIALLY, AND MAKING NEW ARRIVALS BY CONCENTRATING ON THEM RESIDUAL
WE WILL THEN PROPOSE TO GO ON TO DEAL PROBLEM FINITE.
THAT RESIDUAL PROBLEM.
80 OUR PRIMARY
TO STOP
THE WITH
Q: BUT IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? OPTIONS DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE?
WHAT OTHER
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ALISTAIR ASPREY: I'M NOT AT THIS STAGE THINKING OF THIS NOT WORKING. NON-REFUGEES WE HAVE GOT AN AGREEMENT WHICH COVERS THE RETURN OF ALL TO VIETNAM; WE ARE DETERMINED THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT WORK.
Q:
STATUS
WHAT ARRANGEMENTS WILL THERE BE FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS? ALISTAIR ASPREY: THERE IS OF COURSE A SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR
THAT WILL CONTINUE AND WE UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. DETERMINATION FOR HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH UNHCR AND THEY ARE IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH US THAT THAT PROCEDURE MUST BE SPEEDED-UP, AND CERTAINLY IN THE OF NEW ARRIVALS OF UNACCOMPANIED MINORS, THAT PROCEDURE MUST BE ΤΟ DETERMINE THEIR FUTURE IN A VERY SHORT TIMESCALE, IN THE SAME AS WE ARE DEALING WITH THE OTHER NEW ARRIVALS.
AND SENDING THEM BACK HOW WILL YOU DEAL WITH THEM?
ALISTAIR ASPREY:
CASE ABLE
WAY
DEPARTURE
THEY WILL GO BACK EITHER VOLUNTARILY OR THROUGH THE
THAT THEIR PROGRAMME
DETERMINED IF IT IS
BEST
ORDERLY INTERESTS AND THEIR FUTURE SHOULD LIE IN VIETNAM.
/Q: WILL THEY
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