Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000055963

Chairman. the numbers have declined dramatically in the years following due to the bottleneck which has been created by the government in Vietnam. Beginning in January 1986. the Socialist Republic of Vietnam unilaterally suspended interviews of those Ameraslans seeking to depart legally through the UNHCR. Mr. Chairman. in fiscal year 1986 only 1.524 Amerasians and their families were able to leave and in fiscal year 1987 through April. only 186 individuals were allowed to emigrate. Numerous technical meetings. official requests and other urgings have been made to encourage the Vietnamese Government to resume the interviewing process. In February of last year.
Keywords matched
emigrate

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHRISTOPHER SMITH
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NJ
Gender
M
Date
1987-06-16
Speech ID
1000055963
Paragraph
#2
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