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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, HANOI
YOUR TELNO 218: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: COUNSELLING OF ACQUIESCENTS
1 WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH JENNY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR (IN PURCELL'S ABSENCE ON LEAVE) ICM'S INVOLVEMENT WITH REPATRIATION OF
ASYLUM-SEEKERS, WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON COUNSELLING ACTIVITIES.
2. ICM DREW A DISTINCTION BETWEEN PRE-DEPARTURE AND POST-ARRIVAL
COUNSELLING.
PRE-DEPARTURE COUNSELLING
3. ICM IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN BELGIUM, FRG AND SWITZERLAND IN COUNSELLING FOR REPATRIATION REJECTED OR WITHDRAWN CASES. THE CASE-LOAD IS PRIMARILY THIRD WORLD INCLUDING TAMILS, AFRICANS, SOUTH ASIANS AND CHILEANS. ICM RELIES LARGELY ON VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AS IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS, ALTHOUGH THE LATTER CONSULT ICM PARTICULARLY WHERE THIRD COUNTRY IMMIGRATION IS AN OPTION FOR FAILED CASES. ONLY
OTHER CURRENT ICM INVOLVEMENT IN PRE-DEPARTURE COUNSELLING IS JOINT
OPERATION WITH THE GREEK GOVERNMENT FOR RETURNING GREEK MIGRANTS IN
A WIDE RANGE OF WESTERN COUNTRIES.
POST-ARRIVAL COUNSELLING
4. BETWEEN JANUARY 1985 AND SEPTEMBER 1987, ICM WAS INVOLVED WITH POST-ARRIVAL COUNSELLING OF SOME 12,000 SALVADOREANS RETURNING FROM UNITED STATES. THIS INVOLVED RECEPTION ON ARRIVAL, COUNSELLING AND SHORT TERM FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH FOLLOW-UP DURING THE FIRST 12
MONTHS. ICM WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PHYSICAL DEPORTATION NY AMERICAN INS AND HAD NO PRIOR NOTICE OF ARRIVAL IN EL SALVADOR. ICM SUPPORT WAS EXTENSIVE INVOLVING PRELIMINARY AND SECOND INTERVIEWS, TOGETHER WITH COSTS OF INLAND TRANSPORT, TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION, FOOD AND LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. THIS WAS SUPPORTED BY A REFERRAL SYSTEM OPERATED LARGELY BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THE CHURCH, THROUGH WHICH DEPORTEES COULD CONTACT ICM IN EL SALVADOR.
5. ICM MAINTAINS ITS POST-ARRIVAL COUNSELLING FOR CHILEAN
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