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---INDOCHINA REFUGEES:PRESS RELEASE
FOLLOW ING IS TEXT OF PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED JUN21 0930 A.M. BY
SSEA AND MIN ATKEY.
2.TEXT AS FOLLOWS:QUOTE THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
FLORA MACDONALD AND THE MINISTER OF EMPLOYMENT AND IMMIGRATION
CANADA RON AT KEY TODAY ANNOUNCED AN EXPANDED CANADIAN RESPONSE
TO THE DISTRESSING REFUGEE SITUATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA WHICH, IN
RECENT WEEKS, HAS ASSUMED CRISIS PROPORTIONS.
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THE MINISTERS POINTED OUT THAT THE PRESENT CRISIS IS SO SERIOUS
IN ITS HUMAN IT AR IAN, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS THAT IT DEMANDS A RESPONSE FROM THE WHOLE INNATL COMMUNITY, NOT/NOT JUST
FROM A HANDFUL OF TRAD IT IONAL RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES.MORE COUNTRIES
MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO DO MORE, WHETHER BY OFFERING RESETTLEMENT
PLACES OR SY CONTRIBUT ING FINANCIALLY.CANADA WILL, CONT INUE ITS
EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE A BROADER INNATL RESPONSE BY EVERY POSSIBLE
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