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Mr. Hartling, do you have any
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I have a hope!
Have you more than a hope?
Well, that is a beginning always!
And I would like to say the United States and Canada and
Australia, they have taken people even this last month, they are
still taking people out here. yesterday we learned that just
to the United States, I said -
left this morning!" so I could 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- while trying. I have ng... sort of discussions, I have urged
When we were in the closed camp
fifteen people had been accepted
"Could I see them?" "No, they
not see them. It is still well,
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them again and again to take more but this initiative
we will see how that works in the coming months.
EMILY LAU, FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW:
well,
It has been suggested to the Hong Kong Government that they should classify future refugee arrivals into economic refugees and political refugees as a way of deterring further refugees from coming to Hong Kong, because if they are classified as
'economic' ones, then the prospect of them being resettled will · be quite slim. Does the UNHCR support such classifications?
MR. HARTLING:
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
to do
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