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PARA 5 OF YOUR TELNO 206: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ON BOARD THE
*WELL PARK''.
1. MUCH THAT UNHCR WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITH THESE REFUGEES THEY SAY
THAT THEY MUST STAND HELPLESSLY ON THE SIDELINES FOR FEAR OF
JEOPARDISING THE UN POSITION ON TALIAN. À UNHOR REPRESENTATIVE
COULD NOT THEREFORE VISIT TAIVAN AND UNHCR COULD ONLY ACT IF THE
REFUCEES WERE TRANSFERRED ELSEWHERE, UNHCR ACCEPT THAT HONG KONG
IS NOT A POSSIBLE DESTINATION. THEY HAVE THEREFORE (AS IN THE AVON FOREST CASE) REQUESTED THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON CATHOLIC MIGRATION (ICCM) HERE IN GENEVA TO DEAL WITH THESE REFUGESS
THROUGH CARITAS, THE ONLY VOLUNTARY ORGANICATION IN TAIWAN
CAPABLE OF HANDLING THEM.
2. UNHCR AND ICCM HAVE SUGGESTED TO US THAT AS MOST OF THE
REFUGEES WILL NO DOUBT WANT TO GO TO THE US THE REST SOLUTION WOULD
BE FOR THE US CONSULATE IN TAIPEI TO DE RESPONSIBLE IN
CONJUNCTION WITH CARITAS FOR ESTABLISHING THEIR WISHES AND
PROCESSING APPLICATIONS. THERE ARE AT PRESENT 330 BOAT REFUGEES
IN TAINAN.
3. UNHCR HAVE AGREED TO TAKE RESPONSIBLITY FOR RESETTLEMENT
COSTS FROM TAIWAN.
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