clearly reflects the determination of the United States and its people to insure that persons who reject communism and risk the hazards of escape and defection will receive the necessary measure of assistance to make possible their reestablishment in the free world on the basis of personal dignity and selfdependence. One of the aims of the USRP is to reduce. to the maximum extent. the length of time the refugees remain in camps at Government expense through contractual arrangements with voluntary agencies engaged !n projects designed to speed refugee resettlement. These projects consist of early registrations and individual counseling services to acquaint refugees with immigration possibilities and requirements. language training to equip refugees to adapt more rapidly to their new social and cultural conditions. and orientation programs explaining the opportunities in various resettlement countries. For needy cases. USRP also finances immigration processing and documentation costs. as well as part of the overseas transportation costs. and occasionally. in the case of difficulttosettle persons. pay fees for special placement in the country of resettlement. Emigration abroad is the preferred USRP solution but certain refugees unable to emigrate have received USRP local integration grants to secure outofcamp housing and employment. thus enabling them to become useful and productive citizens in the asylum areas in which they find themselves. USRP also makes available to the individual refugee some supplies for personal needs. A printed greeting from the people of the United States is included. Success in these various efforts has required the close cooperation of asylum governments. as well as smooth teamwork with immigration selection missions. Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration. and voluntary agencies. I was impressed by the high degree of this cooperation which has narrowed the resettlement process for the average refugee to less than 6 months. Apart from demonstrating the compassion of the American people for their fellow men in need and at the same time achieving certain foreign policy objectives. USRPs presence and patterns of assistance have been instrumental. I believe. in arousing the humanitarian conscience of host governments and achieving liberal asylum policies. I was gratified to learn during my travels that some time ago the Council of Europe adopted a resolution designed to insure the refugees the right not to be in danger of persecutionand affording them at least temporary asylum to enable their processing for admission to another country. Supplement D provides further information relating to asylum procedures. Moreover. in providing assistance to refugee/defectors. USRP demonstrates. I believe. a positive. sympathetic understanding. not only of those fleeing Communist domination but also helps to keep alive the hope of those remaining in Eastern Europe that the United States still shares a concern and maintains an interest In their right to live in an atmosphere of freedom. In summary. while USRP is a modest programits budget for the current year totals only $750.000it is an essential form of peopletopeople activity. This is one Government program abroad that is very clearly identified to the refugee and the asylum country as a program conducted under the auspices of the United States. Moreover. since its inception it has played an important and successful role in advancing both general and specific U.S. foreign policy objectives. I consider. therefore. that this program merits our continued support. The scope of such support should be increased ifas expectedthe influx of refugee escapees continues its upward trend. The supplements referred to follow:
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