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LAOS
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CHOG6083
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Policies to be pursued immediately
Support for Lao screening, particularly promotion of the return of persons screened out.
Action required.
Continued expressions of support for the program. willingness to make the issue of return of those screened out an item for bilateral discussion with the Thai and the Lao.
Support for voluntary repatriation to Laos.
Action required.
Expressions of support for the UNHCR program.
Willingness to press the importance of the program with the Thai and the Lao. Willingness to provide aid to Laos to promote repatriation.
Promotion of orderly migration from Laos.
Action required.
Enhanced activity by individual countries to improve existing bilateral migration arrangements bearing in mind the Lao preference for informal procedures and not in such a way as to foster an exodus mentality.
Management of refugee processing to complement other initiatives.
Action required.
Resettlement countries should move quickly to identify and process cases of interest who arrived before the introduction of screening, making it clear that those not selected will not be resettled.
Policies to be pursued in the medium term.
Ongoing management of resettlement to avoid renewal of outflows.
Action required.
Limit refugee processing to genuine refugees employing rigorous testing of refugee bona fides. Accept migrant eligible cases as migrants. nothing to cater for those persons eligible neither as refugees or migrants.
Do
Extension of Lao screening to arrivals prior to July 1985.
Action required.
Take
Support suggestions presently being informally put forward by the Thai authorities to screen present residents of Na Pho for refugee bona fides. steps to ensure voluntary agency community is aware of the proper objective of such a procedure.
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