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a high of the highest standard, then the United States will not be able to use the inadequacy of the screening process as a justification for opposing mandatory repatriation of non-refugees.

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If countries such as the United States continue to object to certain aspects of our screening process, then I urge the Government to allow these countries the same power that the UNHCR now has to declare certain boat people to be refugees. United States believes any Vietnamese to have been wrongly screened out, then it could declare that person to be a refugee

and resettle him in the United States. encourage the United States to contribute money that could be used to further improve the screening process, for example to allow an asylum seeker to be represented by a lawyer or other person during the initial screening interview or to have their

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