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a) For the refugees, who are the ultimate beneficiaries the scheme would help to ensure that shipsters who encounter them in distress at sea will not be deterre from their duty to rescue for fear of well-known ad- verse consequences flowing from the act of rescue. The automatic guarantee system would facilitate quic disembarkation. Another advantage that may accrue to the refugees from a successful operation of the scheme is that they may have a better chance of go- ing to a country of resettlement where their indivi dual background would be most suited for quick inte- gration, if possible a country of their own choise.

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For the coastal states (or port-of-call states) the scheme would guarantee continuation of the present resettlement guarantee system and assure the depar- ture through the UNHCR of the refugees concerned in a given period of time.

c) For flag states the scheme would facilitate advance

planning for the financing, reception and integra- tion of a given number of refugees as the successful operation of the scheme. is likely to ensure that the yearly intake of refugees belonging to this category will not exceed their contribution to the pool. This will also greatly facilitate their possibility of planning and applying an overall refugee policy. Furthermore any delays. in finding durable solutions will not have any adverse repercussions for any subsequent disembarkation, as long as the pool opera- tes. Despite present reluctance by coastal states to waive the scheduled port of call principle wide international participation in such a pool is likely to lead to relaxation and reconsideration of strict|| adherence of this principle.

a) For non flaq states which may accept boat people

for resettlement, the scheme would provide opportu- nity to participate in a programme based on a spirit of international burden sharing and to receive only a fixed number of such cases for whom advance plan- ning for financing, reception and integration would be facilitated, too.

It is understood that a basic prerequisite for the suc- cessful operation of the above scheme is the participa- tion of the greatest number of states which are willing to pool their resources in a spirit of international burden sharing.