I think. to stay within existing statutory restrictions. They now seek this authorizing legislation and then subsequently an appropriation to follow behind it in order to give them the resources to move forward with the program. The refugee movement is now being impacted. in part because we have not yet moved through this legislation. in particular as it affects the efforts of the voluntary agencies to move the people out of the three restaging sites in this country. and also as it affects the efforts to move them from Guam to the United States. The estimates are that the population of Guam is at capacity. 50.233 people. They may take a few more unloaded from ships. since leaving them aboard ship is not a good health measure. But they are heavily loaded in Guam. They are at full capacity. There is a need to move refugees forward. and the camps in this country are not at full capacity. So we have got to move this process along. There are a couple of matters that I think it is important to get before the members of the committee in an effort to understand this. One. of course. is to have some sense of the refugee profile. the profile of this refugee population. We have talked about the figures.
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