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TO DESKBY 20120OZ FCO

TELNO 1939

OF 20103OZ MAY 88

HUD 243/8

MAY 1988

INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA OTTAWA, BANGKOK

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VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE : FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES YOUR TELNO 1290

OUR TELNOS 009 AND 0013 TO BANGKOK AND WASHINGTON DESCRIBED THE CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OF THE DELEGATIONS TO THE TWO CONFERENCES.

104 THE AGENDA ISSUES TO BE RAISED AT THE CHA-AM CONFERENCE ARE:

2.

(A) VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION

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HOW VIABLE? DO COUNTRIES OF FIRST

ASYLUM HAVE SUFFICIENT INPUT/FEEDBACK IN THE UNHCR NEGOTIATIONS

WITH VIETNAM?

(B) SCREENING

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CAN SCREENING BE EXPECTED TO BE EFFICACIOUS OR

STANDARDISED IN THE REGION? FUTURE OF SCREENED-OUT REFUGEES?

(C) CAMP CONDITIONS DO CAMPS DELIBERATELY MADE AUSTERE HAVE AN IMPACT ON REFUGEE OUTFLOW? WOULD UNIFORMITY OF CAMP CONDITIONS IN THE REGION HELP TO DETER ABNORMAL FLOWS TO A

PARTICULAR SITE?

(D) ACCESS TO RESETTLEMENT WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF BARRING ACCESS TO RESETTLEMENT? HAS IT REDUCED NUMBERS IN THE REGION OR MERELY DIVERT THE FLOW? HOW ABOUT UNIFORMITY OF ACCESS TO

RESETTLEMENT?

(E) LONG-STAYER PROBLEM

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ANY EFFECTIVE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE

LONG-STAYER PROBLEM? WOULD A REGION-WIDE MORATORIUM ON ALL

PROCESSING HELP TO BRING BETTER INTERNATIONAL FOCUS TO THE PROBLEM?

(F) RESETTLEMENT FOR LONG-STAYERS

A FAIR AND EQUITABLE BASIS?

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HOW SHOULD THIS BE DONE ON

(G) BETTER DIALOGUE AND COORDINATION AMONG COUNTRIES OF FIRST ASYLUM WOULD A TASK FORCE COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES FROM FIRST ASYLUM NATIONS IMPROVE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION? HOW BEST CAN INFORMATION CHANNEL BACK TO OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN REFUGEE

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