Speaker. do not necessarily make good legislation. At the time this body debated this provision and rejected the BereuterObey amendment. we had ample warning of the dangerous situation we were creating. Despite pressure brought to bear on them. several refugee advocacy groups with years of experience dealing with Indochinese refugees had already publicly denounced the provision as dangerous and irresponsible. as had the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. the State Department. and many interested refugee resettlement and host governments. The same article continues that the problem goes beyond Hong Kong. which is the host of more than 22.000 Indochinese asylum seekersincidentally. more than onehalf of whom come from North Vietnam and have no claim to refugee status based on close ties to the United States military from the Viet Nam era. The article quotes UNHCR officials stating that the legislation has stopped voluntary repatriation at camps throughout the regionnot only in Hong Kong. but also in Indonesia. Thailand. the Philippines. and Malaysia.
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