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YOUR TELNO 143: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: CHANGE OF POLICY
1. WE TOOK UP THE POINTS IN TUR WITH DEN HOND, HEAD OF THE MFA DEPARTMENT FOR ASYLUM MATTERS (AND THE IMMEDIATE SUPERIOR TO
VAN DER HEIJDEN WITH WHOM WE HAD TAKEN ACTION ON YOUR TELNO 132).
DEN HOND AGAIN PUT THE VIEW THAT RESETTLEMENT OF MORE REFUGEES
COULD SEND THE WRONG SIGNALS. WHILE PUBLICLY COMMITTED TO FOLLOWING THE UNHCR'S PRIORITIES, THE DUTCH WOULD THEREFORE PRIVATELY TRY TO DISSUADE THE UNHCR FROM A FURTHER APPEAL TO TAKE
MORE VIETNAMESE RESETTLEMENT CASES.
2. DEN HOND POINTED OUT THAT UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG VIETNAMESE IN THE
NETHERLANDS WAS AROUND 80% AND SUGGESTED THAT IN THE LONGER TERM
VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION OF REFUGEES ALREADY IN WESTERN EUROPE
MIGHT ALSO NEED TO BE CONSIDERED.
3. DEN HOND SAID HE IMAGINED THAT VIETNAM WOULD BE LOOKING
FOR SOME FORM OF ASSISTANCE BEFORE AGREEING TO TAKE RETURNEES.
HE HOPED MBTHAT THE WHOLE QUESTION COULD BE COORDINATED IN A COMMUNITY CONTEXT.
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