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Action Taken

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OUR TELNO 1525: VIETNAMESE REFUGEES:

CAMPS

1.

CONDITIONS IN CLOSED

THE SECRETARY OF STATE HAS NOW RECEIVED A LETTER FROM

LORD AVEBURY, ENCLOSING THE SAME DOCUMENTS AS THOSE SENT BY LORD CHITNIS TO LADY YOUNG (IE JENNIE STREET'S REPORT AND

THE PAMPHLET 'ALL RELIGIONS ARE EQUALLY GOOD?'). LORD AVEBURY'S

LETTER ASKS FOR COMMENTS ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS FROM

MISS STREET'S REPORT:

QUOTE.

1.

THE TREATMENT OF THE REFUGEES AS PRISON 'INMATES' OR

'DETAINEES', DESPITE THEIR REFUGEE STATUS, AND THE USE OF PUNISHMENT, SUCH AS EXTENDED 'SOLITARY CONFINEMENT' TO

CONTROL REFUGEES' BEHAVIOUR. THE CAMPS ARE APPARENTLY MANAGED

AND STAFFED BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (OR PRISON)

DEPARTMENT.

2.

THE REGULAR BEATINGS OF REFUGEES BY GUARDS 'TO EXTRACT

INFORMATION OR SORT OUT PROBLEMS'.

3.

THE ABSENCE OF AN IMPARTIAL AND INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS

PROCEDURE TO DEAL WITH VIOLATIONS OF REFUGEES' RIGHTS.

THE ABSENCE OF INFORMATION IN THE CAMPS ON THE UNHCR

PETITION SYSTEM.

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