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of past years' resettlement statistics (excluding

ODP departures) is offered for Governments to

consider possible levels for admission in the

context of the CPA.

The Co-ordinating Committee of the International

Conference is scheduled to meet again towards the

end of May 1989 to examine the status

of

resettlement undertakings, upon which hinge much

of the Comprehensive Plan of Action.

In this context, I appreciate the contribution

made by the UK towards the international

resettlement effort. At the same time I believe

that Her Majesty's Government is aware of the

need for allocation of expanded and more flexible

quotas within the terms of the understanding

arrived at in the Co-ordinating Committee and in

order to fulfil the commitment under the CPA.

I would therefore appeal to the Government of the

United Kingdom for a certain flexibility in the

application of resettlement policies, especially with regard to cases submitted without family or

other links. as well

as particularly needy and vulnerable groups of refugees, eg. unaccompanied

minors identified as having по alternative

option, refugees who аге medically at risk. etc. Only by all governments stretching their

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