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DSR 11C
definition "refugee" under international law and current
usage of the term is at Appendix B.) Efforts so far have
been concentrated on cutting down the numbers of
recognised refugees at source. The 1979 conference
sought to ensure that the Vietnamese government took
measures to restrict the outflow. The Hong Kong Govern-
ment introduced the system of closed centres in 1982 in
order to deter refugees as humanely as possible from
making for Hong Kong. The Thai Government in August 1986
threatened to reclassify a number of "refugees" and move
them to the "displaced persons" camps, presumably in part
to deter further inflows as well as to step up pressure
for the resettlement rate to be increased.
given several assurances that its Cambodian displaced
persons would not be sent back into Cambodia
involuntarily.
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Thailand has
It has however pushed back over the
border, Lao on occasions, who have apparently been
accepted back without punishment.
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A number of countries including the US and Australia
have become increasingly concerned to restrict the
availability of resettlement to genuine refugees (as
opposed to economic migrants). In June Australia refused
to accept 67 of 144 persons rescued by a Greek ship as
genuine refugees. Under an agreement (dated
between the UNHCR and the Thai Government, screening of
Lao refugees has been introduced to determine their true
status. The Lao government has however refused to accept
back those who have been rejected under the screening
process. The situation in Hong Kong appears likely to
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