TNAG-1529-FCO40-2093-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-general-1986 — Page 118

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because

We find it necessary to resort to this course of action

understanding among Khmer refugees in the vicinity

there

the

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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

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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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