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H.E. Mr. Sean Gaynor, Permanent Representative of Ireland, said that the 100 persons to be admitted to Ireland in the very near future in close co- ordination with UNHCR were in the process of being selected in Hong Kong.
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12. Mr. Philippe Chapatte, Département fédéral de Justice et Police, Berne, said that a Swiss selection mission was at present in South East Asia and had just completed the selection of some 800 refugees (mostly Cambodians) from Thailand before proceeding to Malaysia to select boat refugees. Refugees from Indonesia and Hong Kong were to be accepted on a dossier basis.
All 1,400 refugees would be admitted to Switzerland by the end of the year, most of them in the current month. Switzerland had as yet made no decision about a 1980 quota.
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Ms Ulla Fredriksson, Permanent Mission of Sweden, said that, in addition to the 262 refugees from Indo-China resettled in Sweden in 1979, some 600 were shortly to be selected from Indonesia, to arrive in August/September, and 600 from Malaysia to be moved shortly thereafter. No plan had so far been made for the 750 quota announced at the Meeting for the first half of 1980.
14. Mr. Øystein Opdahl, Ministry of Social Affairs, Norway, said that, of the places available under the Norwegian quota, over 1,000 persons were likely to be resettled in Norway subsequent to rescue at sea. There was so far no plan drawn up for the utilization of the remaining places, but he took note of UNHCR's request that there should be an equal distribution between land and boat cases. His Government would study the needs of groups he termed "specially exposed", such as the handicapped and refugees in difficult situations who might not qualify for admission to other resettlement countries.
15. Mr. Yu Meng-chia, Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China, said that China would accept Indo-Chinese refugees from countries where there were large caseloads, and would co-operate with UNHCR over screening procedures. He added that, in addition to the number of over 200,000 persons already accommodated in China, his country was prepared to take a further 10,000 persons who wished to resettle there, and was also willing to accept a major part of any continuing influx from Viet Nam.
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Mr. Atilio N. Molteni, Permanent Mission of Argentina, said that his country would be ready by September to receive the 4,000 5,000 persons to be admitted. Argentina would be happy to accept both land and boat people.
17. Mr. Yoshizo Konishi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, indicated that with regard to resettlement in Japan his country was endeavouring to receive people from among those who had previously had dealings with Japanese companies or activities, and that it would appreciate information from UNHCR on persons in this category wishing to settle in Japan.
18. Ms Jacqueline Ancel-Lenners, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of Luxembourg, said that the extra quota of 50 would be attributed to families wishing to go to Luxembourg to join families recently resettled there.
19. Mr. Arne Piel Christensen, Danish Refugee Council, said that a Danish team was leaving on 12 August to visit Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand to select persons to fill the quota of 500 recently announced. It would try to follow the wish of UNHCR that land cases in Thailand be included, even though this posed problems of interpretation, etc., in Denmark. There were some 75 cases of family
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