SUBJECT: NEW CRITERIA FOR LONG RANCE PARCLE PROGRAM FOR INDOCHINESE REFUGLES
REF: A. STATE 323982 POTAL; 6. STATE 259883; C. STATE
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(1) REF A PROVIDED TEXT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL'S LETTER OF DEC 5 TO SECSTATE AUTHORIZING EXPANSION OF LRP FROM 25,200 10 46,875 FOR PERIOD ENDING 38 APRIL 79. OF THE ADDITIONAL NUMBERS, 17,500 WILL BE BOAT REFUGEES INCLUDING 2,500 ALREADY ASSIGNED TO THE PROGRAM IN MALAYSIA IN CONNECTION WITH THE HAI HONG, AND 4,375 WILL BE CAMBODIAN REFUGEES, FOLLOWING NEW CRITERIA FOR THE ENTIRE LRP REPLACE THOSE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED REFS B AND C.
CATEGORY IA CLOSE RELATIVES OF PERSONS WHO ENTERED THE UNITED STATES BEFORE JUNE 14, 1972. CLOSE RELATIVES ARE DEFINED AS SPOUSE, PARENT, SON, DAUGHTER, GRANDPARENT, UNMARRIED SIBLING, AND UNMARRIED GRANDCHILD. IF A PERSON ENTERED THE UNITED STATES AFTER JUNE 14, 1978 ONLY THAT PERSON'S SPOUSE AND UNMARRIED CHILDREN UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE ARE CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE AS CATEGORY 1.RELATIVES.
CATEGORY 18 - UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS, YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER, WHOSE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS ARE DECEASED OR WERE OTHERWISE UNABLE TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY OF NATIONALITY OR MOST RECENT RESIDENCE TO ACCOMPANY THE MINOR: PROVIDED THAT NO OFFER OF RESETTLEMENT IS MADE TO THE MINOR BY ANOTHER COUNTRY.
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