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OUR TELNO MISC 250: VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: STATISTICS ON VOLUNTARY
REPATRIATION
UNHCR HAVE CHECKED THEIR RECORDS ON EXTANT REQUESTS FOR VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION. IT SEEMS THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME DOUBLE COUNTING AND THE FIGURE IN PARAGRAPH 1(F) OF TUR IS CONSEQUENTLY INCORRECT. THE CORRECT FIGURE ACCORDING TO UNHCR IS THAT THERE ARE ONLY 43
CASES STILL BEING PROCESSED.
2. MOST OF THESE 43 EXTANT CASES ARE INFACT REQUESTS MADE IN THE LAST 3 WEEKS. WE ARE NOW TRYING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NEW REQUESTS BY SHOWING A VIDEO IN THE CAMPS ON THE FIRST REPATRIATION EXERCISE. WE HOPE THAT THIS MIGHT ALLAY SOME OF THE FEARS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSIDERING REPATRIATION, AND PERHAPS PURSUADE OFFERS TO COME FORWARD.
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