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MDHIAN 7821
CPA WILL IN THE LONG TERM BE OF LITTLE OR NO VALUE TO US.
E. SCREENING AND APPEALS. WE EXPLAINED THAT WE WERE READY TO RESPOND POSITIVELY TO UNHCR'S CONCERNS ON SCREENING AND APPEALS. WE SHALL BE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF OUR RESPONSE. ONE POINT IS HOWEVER WORTH NOTING HERE. MCNAMARA SOUNDED A WARNING ON OUR OPERATION OF A FAST TURNAROUND SCHEME. HE SAID THAT UNHCR WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY ENDORSING THE RESULTS IF WE CONTINUED WITH THE PRESENT SCHEME. HE SEEMED TO HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THE PRESENT ARRANGEMENT IN THAT HE WAS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT SPEEDING UP THE PROCEDURES. IN FAT, THE FAST TURNAROUND SCHEME SIMPLY APPLIES THE NORMAL SCREENING AND APPEALS PROCEDURES TO THE MOST RECENT ARRIVALS I.E. IT IS NOT SO MUCH FASTER AS EARLIER SCREENING. MCNAMARA ACCEPTED THIS EXPLANATION AND HE SEEMED TO BE PREPARED TO GO ALONG WITH IT, ALTHOUGH HE MADE THE POINT THAT UNHCR WOULD PREFER TO SEE SCREENING TAKE PLACE IN ARRIVAL (CHRONOLOGICAL) ORDER.
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DURING AN INFORMAL CONVERSATION OVER LUNCH MCNAMARA SAID THAT HE WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR THE CPA. THE MALAYSIANS SEEMED DETERMINED TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR POLICY OF QUOTE SELECTIVE REDIRECTION UNQUOTE AND HE THOUGHT THE FRAGILE CPA STRUCTURE MIGHT COLLAPSE IN THE FACE OF A MAJOR INFLUX ANYWHERE IN THE REGION. HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE U S POSITION AND COMMENTED THAT HE WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT EARLY MOVEMENT IN WASHINGTON. HE ADVOCATED A CHANGE OF EMPHASIS IN DISCUSSIONS ON THE IDEA OF A MORATORIUM. HE SAW MERIT IN THE UK/HK NOTION OF A START DATE FOR MANDATORY REPATRIATION LINKED TO THE START OF SCREENING IN EACH COUNTRY, AND WITH QUOTE PERIOD FOR REFLECTION UNQUOTE FOR EACH VBP FOLLOWING THE FAILURE OF HIS APPEAL I.E. A POST APPEAL DELAY OF SAY THREE MONTHS FOR EACH PERSON TO CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING. AFTER THE EXPIRY OF THE THREE MONTHS MANDATORY REPATRIATION COULD TAKE PLACE.
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