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INFO DESKBY 21110OZ UKMIS GENEVA
MIPT : VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: FINANCE
THE PLANNED EMERGENCY TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION WILL CONSIST OF THE USE OF FERRIES, AND OF AN EXISTING ARMY BARRACKS WHICH WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TEMPORARILY TO ACCOMMIDATE NEW ARRIVALS PENDING THE
AVAILABILITY OF SUFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION.
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WHILE WE WILL NOT DRAW ATTENTION IN OUR PUBLIC STATEMENTS TO THE FACT THAT THESE ARE PLACES OF DETENTION, WE CANNOT SAY THAT THEY ARE NOT, SINCE ASYLUM SEEKERS ARE DETAINED PENDING DETERMINATION OF STATUS.
3. FOR PRACTICAL PURPOSES, THESE TEMPORARY EMERGENCY FACILITIES WILL IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE BE USED EXCLUSIVELY TO ACCOMMODATE
ASYLUM SEEKERS AWAITING SCREENING. WE COULD NOT/NOT GUARANTEE THAT THEY WOULD NOT/NOT BE USED AT SOME STAGE IN THE FUTURE TO
ACCOMMODATE PERSONS SCREENED OUT. BUT WE SHALL STRESS IN OUR PUBLIC
STATEMENTS THAT THE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE FOR NEW ARRIVALS AWAITING SCREENING.
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