Should a ship from a participating country rescue refugees after its quota has been exhausted, then the refugees will be sent to other participating countries. of the burden sharing benefit of RASPO participating countries are able refugees that they will receive under RASRO in any one year.
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Details of the RASRO scheme are set out in Annex C.
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The implications of RASRO for Hong Kong
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RASRO will make little difference to Hong Kong. Of the two long standing cases referred to in paragraph 6 above both involve criminal proceedings. In fact, almost 60% of all the ship rescue cases which have arrived in Hong Kong as the first port of call have been
have been resettled within the 90 day guarantee period. RASRO will mean that all ship rescue cases landed in Hong Kong will be either resettled or transferred by the UNHCR to a Refugee Processing Centre in the Philippines to await resettlement.
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There have been no ship rescue arrivals in Hong Kong since November 1984. RASKO might lead to an increase in the number of ship rescues as refugees see this as a quicker means of being resettled.
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The implications of RASRO will be closely monitored during its one year trial period, which began on 1 May 1985.
Members are invited to note the
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