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YOUR TELNO 544: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: BOYCOTT OF SCREENING INTERVIEWS.
IT IS TRUE THAT SOME VBPS DID NOT RESPOND WHEN ASKED TO ATTEND SCREENING INTERVIEWS IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. HOWEVER THE
NUMBER IS SMALL (165) AND THEY ARE ALL IN THE UPPER CHIMAWAN DETENT- ION CENTRE. THE BOYCOTT IS NOT A GENERAL ONE, AND SCREENING INTERVIEWS ARE CONTINUING. THERE IS OF COURSE SOME RISK THAT THE BOYCOTT COULD DEVELOP FURTHER, BUT THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF THIS AT PRESENT. WE ARE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH ON THE SITUATION.
2. WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH KARIM, UNHCR CHARGE DE MISSION, WHO ASKED US NOT TO TAKE ANY ACTION FOR THE TIME BEING SO THAT HIS STAFF COULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COUNSEL THESE PEOPLE TO CO-OPERATE. HE WAS HOPEFUL THAT THE SITUATION COULD BE CONTAINED AND IMPROVED. IF THIS FAILED AND NON-CO-OPERATION PERSISTED WE AGREED THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER WITH THE UNHCR PROCEDURES FOR CLASSIFYING AS SCREENED OUT ALL THOSE WHO REFUSED TO ATTEND SCREENING INTERVIEWS.
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