because
We find it necessary to resort to this course of action
understanding among Khmer refugees in the vicinity
there
the
is
nf
border that if they are able to gain entry into Khao I
Darg
in third
Centre they will have the chance
countries with great ease,
caused
for
resettlement
This kind of misunderstanding
has
large numbers of Khmer people living in the border area.
to make ́illegal entry into Khao I Dang.
They have often hired
illegitimate crossing.
certain persons to help them make the
Sometimes they refused to make the payments they had promised and
this brought about cases of revenge by those who had assister
Various problems and difficulties have arisen over Such
them.
affairs.
The refugees at Khao I Dang should face the reality
that, if they are unable to obtain admission into third countries
because no country would accept them, they should journey back to
the border areas where their own compatriots and friends are
under the care and help of UNBRO, until they can retur.
to their own homes in Kampuchea when the situation there permits.
waiting,
Since their escape from the attacking Vietnamese forces until the
beginning of 1985, those Khmer evacuees in the vicinity of the
border have been receiving assistance from the Thai Government
Cooperation with UNBRO end different charitable
which
T
in
organisations,
1
are
has ensured that they live in safe areas and
fed and taken care of with the provision of various facilities.
Because the circumstances under which these displaced persons
live are temporary, with their having to be occasionally moved
from one site to another for the sake of safety, the assistance
given them has to be temporary and can only be what is
con derar
necessary.
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