REQUIRE ASSURANCES FROM THE COUNTRY OF THE VESSEL'S REGISTRY THAT THAT COUNTRY WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REFUGEES IF NO OTHER HOME IS FOUND FOR THEM. ONLY THEN WILL THEY ALLOW THE REFUGEE TO LAND. APPARENTLY THE NORWEGIANS WERE RECENTLY OBLIGED TO GIVE TH JAPANESE SUCH AN UNDERTAKING. CUSHING SAID THE US, WHEN ASKED BY THIRD COUNTRIES (E.G. THE PHILIPINES) FOR SIMILAR UNDERTAKINGS IN
RESPECT OF REFUGEES ON US VESSELS, READILY GAVE THEM.
2. EMPHASISING THAT HE COULD GIVE NO REPEAT NO UNDERTAKING TO ACCEPT THE 20, CUSHING POINTED CUT THAT THE REFUGEES WOULD HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF BEING ACCEPTED FOR SETTLEMENT IN THE US IF THEY WERE LANDED IN HONG KONG. FOR BUREAUCRATIC REASONS, BOTH THE 'EXPANDED PAROLE AND THE 'P 7'' PROGRAMS ARE OPERATED IN HONG KONG.
ONLY THE EXPANDED PAROLE PROGRAMME IS OPERATED FROM JAPAN, AND THERE ARE VERY FEW PLACES LEFT IN THE QUOTA FOR THAT PROGRAMME.
RAMSBOTHAM
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