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VIETNAMESE REFUGEES : NORWEGIAN RESETTLEMENT

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A NORWEGIAN SELECTION TEAM, HEADED BY MRS RUTH RYSTE, DIRECTOR

OF THE STATE REFUGEE AGENCY (MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS) ARRIVED

ON 23 AUGUST. OTHER MEMBERS WERE MRS THNEKE STENSTAD (STATE

REFUGEE AGENCY), MS. PAULA TOLONEN (GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF IMMIG- RATHON, MINISTRY OF JUSTICE) AND MR. NGUYEN VAN QUOC (VIETNAMESE (INTERPRETER). APART FROM SELECTING CANDIDATES TO FILL AN OPEN QUOTA OF 75 RESETTLEMENT PLACES, THERE WERE ALSO AUTHORISED TO

ACCEPT AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF REFUGEES UNDER THE TWENTY-OR-MORE *

SCHEME. TWO JOURNALISTS FROM VERDENS GANG (VG) ALSO ACCOMPANIED

THEM DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.

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THE SELECTION PROCESS TOOK PLACE FROM 26 AUGUST TO 3 SEPTEMBER.

A TOTAL OF 198 REFUGEES (47 FAMILIES) WERE INTERVIEWED. 103

REFUGEES (26 FAMILIES), INCLUDING FIVE HANDICAPPED WERE SELECTED.

3. 90 REFUGEES (23 FAMILIES) LEFT ON 11 AND 15 SEPTEMBER FOR THE

RPC IN BATAAN. OF THE REMAINING 13 REFUGEES, 11 (2 FAMILIES)

INCLUDING TWO HANDICAPPED CASES ARE NOT SUITABLE TO BE ACCOMMODATED

IN BATAAN AND WILL FLY TO NORWAY DIRECT AT A LATER DATE TO BE

ARRANGED. ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR THE LAST TWO REFUGEES TO

PROCEED TO THE PRC IN BATAAN TOWARDS THE END OF THEMONTH.

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THE SELECTION TEAM RETURNED TO NORWAY ON 5 SEPTEMBER.

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