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The Indochinese population outflow has been the subject of focussed international attention and concerted effort since the 1979 Geneva Conference on Indochinese refugees. Since then the international community acting in the spirit of international cooperation and burden sharing has offered first refuge and arranged for the resettlement of more than 1.2 million persons.

Over the last two years however there have been clear alarming indications that the arrangements and understandings ΠΟΥ in place are unequal to the complexity of the problem. Unexpected increases in the rate of departure,

of departure, significant changes in the nature of the outflow and a growing pool of longer slayers have, inter alia combined to raise an urgent call for a renewed search for genuinely durable and comprehensive solutions.

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This undertaking is one that brings into play complex sensitive, social, political and economic issues. It also calls for careful consideration of what may ог

may not feasible in practice; but above all iL raises profound humanitarian concerns.

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that difficult interplay of occasionally conflicting interests it 18 not to be expected that there one single line of action which would meet * 11 the demands of the situation. The only kind of response which will address the

interests of all parties allay all legitimate concerns and alleviate human suttering must consist of a framework of mutually supportive elements, each making its specific contribution to the effectiveness of the whole,

This will require the cooperation of countries of origin, countries of first asylum, resettlement countries and donor

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nongovernmental agereres. to maintain a consistent approach.

In this context it is recognised that Khmer displaced persons and refugees are a matter of deep concern but that their plight is primarily dependent on progres 8 on broader political discussions taking place separately.

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