TNAG-1529-FCO40-2093-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-general-1986 — Page 128

The

implementation

challenging

of the

screening procedure has been a

experience to both the officials of the Royal Thes

Government and of UNHCR. We are appreciative of the cooperation

extended to UNHCR and its staff in the provinces and reaffirm our

support for the continuation of the screening process. Properly

screening is indeed the most humanitarian approach

conducted

assuring

acceptance

at

one-year

With of genuine asylum-seekers.

experience

hand, it will be appropriate to review current

procedures and operating criteria with a view to maintaining

respective concerns and striving Dur

dialogue

on

improvements.

the

for

further

A macter

of

great concern to

remains the issue of the return of

the

Royal

Tnai

Government and UNHCR however,

the rejected caseload which is still unresolved.

Mr Chairman,

here

let me take this opportunity also to express

UNHCR's appreciation: to the Royal Thai Government for its efforts

in combatiing piracy as it affects Vietnamese boat people.

Last

month.

Communications of

the Prime Minister approved the extension into the

year of the Anti-Piracy Arrangement in which the Royal Thai Navy,

the Royal Thai Police Department and the Harbour Department

the Ministry

fifth

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join

together under

the

coordination of the National Security Council.

UNHCR

provides

the

link

again with the donor community which has

endorsed

A

budget for a total amount of US$2,572,000.

The past year has seen further important improvements

in the

coordination of

Operational

tasks,

On Emphasis

training

personnel

determined efforts to investigate and

and

prosecute

reported

acts

of piracy.

We can look back on

many

instances