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TO RESETTLE IN UK THE FAMILIES OF SOME 30 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES WHO
HAD EARLIER BEEN RESETTLED AS UNACCOMPANIED MINORS. THESE
FAMILIES WILL COME FROM HONG KONG AND OTHER PLACES OF FIRST
ASYLUM IN THE REGION.
DURABLE SOLUTIONS
8.
IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WIDER ASPECTS, MORE DURABLE
SOLUTIONS. RESETTLEMENT IN WESTERN INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES NOT
NECESSARILY THE BEST SOLUTION. UNHCR FAVOUR REPATRIATION,
OBVIOUS DIFFICULTIES IN CASE OF INDO-CHINA REFUGEES.
IN THE CASE OF VIETNAMESE REFUGEES, VERY FEW HAVE
VOLUNTEERED TO GO BACK.
WE SHALL CONTINUE TO URGE
BUT
HANOI TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS OWN CITIZENS WHO WISH TO
GO BACK.
LAO SCREENING PROGRAMME
9.
COULD UNHCR COMMENT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF THEIR NEW
SCREENING PROGRAMME (UK CONTRIBUTED POUNDS STERLING 100,000 FOR
THIS IN 1985) FOR LAOTIANS ENTERING THAILAND? UNDERSTAND THIS HAS LED TO A DRAMATIC FALL IN LAOTIAN ARRIVALS (FROM 6,286 IN FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1985 TO 633 IN FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1986.) ARE UNHCR SATISFIED THAT RETURNEES ARE NOT MISTREATED BY LAO
GOVERNMENT?
DEFENSIVE
10.
(UNDERLINE NEXT SENTENCE) (FURTHER RESETTLEMENT
COMMITMENT BY UK?) AS WE HAVE ALREADY INDICATED, UK IS PREPARED
TO CONSIDER ACCEPTING, IN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY REUNION CASES NOW BEING RESETTLED, FURTHER LIMITED NUMBERS OF VIETNAMESE
REFUGEES FROM HONG KONG. A DECISION ON THIS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE
LIGHT OF THE WILLINGNESS SHOWN BY OTHER RESETTLEMENT COUNTRIES TO
RESPOND TO HONG KONG'S NEEDS AND OF ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES AT THE
TIME. (IF PRESSED) ALTHOUGH SEVERAL COUNTRIES HAVE RESPONDED
POSITIVELY WE DO NOT YET HAVE A COMPLETE PICTURE, WHICH WE NEED
BEFORE CONSIDERING THIS FURTHER.
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(IS (NEXT TWO WORDS UNDERLINED) INVOLUNTARY REPATRIATION
OF ECONOMIC REFUGEES' CONTEMPLATED?) WE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
CONSIDER THIS ONLY IF SATISFACTORY ASSURANCES COULD BE OBTAINED
FROM THE VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES THAT ANY VIETNAMESE REPATRIATED
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