TNAG-0885-FCO40-1095-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 107

NO. 38

APRIL 3, 1979

MEASURES FOR RESETTLEMENT OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS (UNDERSTANDING REACHED AT THE CABINET MEETING OF APRIL 3, 1979)

THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN WILL TAKE THE FOLLOWING MEASURES SO AS TO REALIZE RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS.

(1) REGARDING RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF VIETNAMESE DISPLACED PERSONS, THE GOVERNMENT ENUNCIATED ITS POLICY OF PERMITTING THEIR RESETTLEMENT WITH THE CABINET UNDER-

HENCEFORTH IT WILL BE APPLIED STANDING OF APRIL 28, 1978.

TO INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS, AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE EFFORTS TO REALIZE RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN OF INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS... TARGET FIGURE FOR THE TIME BEING IS 500 PERSONS.

(2)

WITH REGARD TO THE EXISTING CATEGORY NO. 3 FOR RESETTLEMENT IN JAPAN, THE GOVERNMENT WILL APPLY THE PROVISION FLEXIBLY BY NOT NECESSARILY REQUIRING A GUARANTOR FOR A DISPLACED PERSON WHO IS HEALTHY AND HAS A JOB WHICH PROMISES A STABLE LIVELIHOOD.

(3) FOR THOSE DISPLACED PERSONS WHO ARE TEMPORARILY STAYING IN JAPAN AND WHO DESIRE TO RESETTLE IN JAPAN THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE NECESSARY FACILITIES FOR LEARNING THE JAPANESE LANGUAGE AND OFFER, IF NECESSARY, VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR GOOD OFFICES FOR FINDING JOBS.

(4) WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE ABOVE 500 PERSONS, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PERMIT THE ENTRY INTO JAPAN FOR RESETTLE- MENT OF THOSE INDOCHINESE DISPLACED PERSONS WHO ARE TEMPORARILY STAYING IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES AND WHO FALL UNDER ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

1) THE SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD OF A JAPANESE SEMICOLON OR THE SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD OF AN ALIEN WHO RESIDES LAWFULLY. IN JAPAN AND IS RECOGNIZED AS LEADING A STABLE LIVELIHOOD.

2). ONE WHO HAS ONCE BEEN EMPLOYED BY A JAPANESE DIPLOMATIC MISSION OR ENTERPRISE ABROAD FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR OR MORE OR ONE WHO HAS LAWFULLY RESIDED IN JAPAN FOR ONE YEAR OR MORE AS A STUDENT OR TRAINEE ETC., WHO HAS A SURE GUARANTOR AND WHO IS TO TAKE UP A JOB WHICH PROMISES A STABLE LIFE, AS WELL AS THAT PERSON'S SPOUSE, PARENT OR CHILD.

(5) FURTHERMORE, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER STATED IN (1) ABOVE, "THE GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO ENDEAVOR TO REALIZE RESETTLEMENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND FORMER STUDENTS FROM THE THREE COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA WHO ENTERED JAPAN BEFORE APRIL 1975 AND WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRY

· FOR THE TIME BEING.