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Commission which discussed that problem, it came out just three weeks ago or four weeks ago.

Mr. Bartling, do you have any

indication or any evidence at all that the United States,

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Australia,etc. might take more if Britain gave that lead; have

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Have you more than a hope?

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And I would like to say the United States and Canada and Australia, they have taken people even this last month, they are

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still taking people out here. When we were in the closed camp yesterday we learned that just fifteen people had been accepted to the United States, I said "Could I see them?" "No, they left this morning!" so I could not sec them. It is still

wall,. going on; I would like them to speed up if possible and if an initiative there could help and inspire them well, it is worth-

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Bort of discussions, I have urged

them again and again to take more but this initiative we will see how that works in the coming months.

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EMILY LAU, FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW:

It has been suggested to the Rong Kong Government that they should classify future refugee arrivals into economic refugees and political refugees 26 a way of detorring further refugees from coming to long Rong, because if they are classified as 'economic' ones, then the prospect of them being resettled will be quite alím, Does the UNHCR support such classifications?

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The mandate given to me by the United Nations General Assembly is for 'refugees' and if people are refugees, I am supposed and it is my job to do my utmost to

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