TNAG-1536-FCO40-2100-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-refugees-resettlement-in-third-countri-1986 — Page 178

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HOW TO PRESERVE THE PRINCIPLE OF FIRST ASYLUM AND SPEED UP

RESETTLEMENT. THE US GOVERNMENT SHOULD ENSURE THAT INTERNATIONAL

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR RELIEF AND RESETTLEMENT IS ADEQUATE. QUOTE

AS PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT WITH OTHER PARTICIPATING

NA ONS TO FIND DURABLE SOLUTIONS FOR LONG-STAYERS, THE US SHOULD BEGIN PROCESSING REFUGEES FROM THE CURRENT POPULATION WITH NO

TIES TO THE US UNQUOTE. (NO FIGURES ARE GIVEN). THE US SHOULD

PROPOSE A QUOTE SHARE-OUT UNQUOTE OF THE REMAINING REFUGEE POPULATIONS OFFERING MORE THIRD COUNTRY RESETTLEMENT IN EXCHANGE

FOR LOCAL RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES WHERE APPROPRIATE. OTHER COUNTRIES SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO REVIVE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN RESETTLEMENT,

(·1∙∙) REFUGEE ADMISSIONS TO THE US SHOULD INCREASINGLY BE CONFINED TO THOSE WHO HAVE A WELL-FOUNDED FEAR OF PERSECUTION, MORE USE SHOULD BE MADE OF IMMIGRATION UNDER THE SAME PROCEDURES AS USED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THERE SHOULD BE A 2-YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD

WHILE THIS CHANGE IS INTRODUCED. (COMMENT: THE POINT SEEMS TO BE THAT AS MORE VIETNAMESE HERE TAKE OUT US CITIZENSHIP, FAMILY REUNIFICATION CAN INCREASINGLY BE EFFECTED UNDER IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES. THE REPORT ALSO CALLS FOR FLEXIBILITY TO RESPOND TO ESPECIALLY COMPELLING CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT THE MESSAGE WOULD BE THAT THOSE WHO DO NOT MEET THE REFUGEE CRITERIA STRICTLY APPLIED

OR THE IMMIGRATION CRITERIA, QUOTE SHOULD NOT BE INDUCED BY AMBIGUOUS POLICIES TO LEAVE THEIR HOMELANDS AND TO UNDERTAKE HAZARDOUS JOURNEYS ONLY TO HAVE THEIR EXPECTATIONS DASHED UNQUOTE), (PRP) THE ORDERLY DEPARTURE PROGRAMME SHOULD BE MADE MORE

EFFECTIVE. THERE SHOULD BE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO HOLD THE

VIETNAMESE TO THEIR EARLIER PROMISES OF RELEASE OF RE-EDUCATION

CAMP PRISONERS . THE US MUST VIGOROUSLY SUPPORT EFFORTS TO

COMBAT PIRACY AND PROMOTE RESCUE AT SEA. RE SETTLEMENT FOR THOSE

RESCUED AT SEA SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO LINE WITH NORMAL REFUGEE

PROCESSING