U.S. Refugee Programs, 1981: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, September 19, 1980U.S. Government Printing Office, 1980 - 288 pages |
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accept addition administration admitted African refugees Angola approximately areas asylum countries boat refugees border Botswana CIVILETTI Commissioner for Refugees continue contributed cost Cuba Cuban refugees Department Eastern Europe economic efforts emigration entrants estimated Ethiopia ethnic Federal Fiscal Year 1981 fled funds Hmong holding centers Hong Kong humanitarian ICEM immigrants increased Indochina Indochinese refugees Indonesia international refugee July June Kampuchea Khmer Laos large numbers Latin American Lesotho Malaysia million monthly months Nations High Commissioner number of refugees orderly departure program Oromos PALMIERI percent permanent resettlement pledged quotas Refugee Act refugee admissions refugee arrivals refugee camps refugee office refugee population refugee problem refugee processing centers refugee program refugee relief refugee resettlement refugee situation region repatriation Senator THURMOND Somali South Soviet Union status Swaziland Switzerland Thailand U.S. Government UNHCR United Nations United Nations High Vietnam Vietnamese voluntary agencies Zaire Zimbabwe
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Page 56 - Montana 28 Nebraska 29 Nevada 30 New Hampshire 31 New Jersey 32 New Mexico 33 New York 34 North Carolina 35 North Dakota 36 Ohio 37 Oklahoma 38 Oregon 39 Pennsylvania 40 Rhode...
Page 5 - Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs and the former US Ambassador to Korea.
Page 103 - General Assembly, and meetings in Geneva of the nations which are donors to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration. In addition, we have involved the UNHCR in screening Cubans for third country resettlement opportunities, in the voluntary repatriation of Cubans, and in the asylum processing of Haitians. Proposed special legislation in the Cuban/Haitian Entrant Act. FEDERAL AGENCIES Presently the Federal Government's efforts are being coordinated...
Page 51 - ... Data (CPS-1). Data file. The CPS-1 public use data tape is one of three sets of tapes containing data from the Continuous Longitudinal Manpower Survey (CLMS) being released in July 1980. The CLMS is the major data development effort of the US Department of Labor for evaluation of the decentralized employment and training programs funded under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). The...
Page 65 - Ethnic Greeks are free to return to Greece at any time and many do, although exact figures are not available. Language problems and relatively limited economic opportunities as compared with other possible countries of resettlement, constrain many refugees from choosing to resettle in Greece. Nevertheless, approximately 2,600 White Russians , Armenians , and Eastern Europeans now permanently reside there and some have taken Greek citizenship. The Greek Government contributed $55,000 to the UNHCR...
Page 57 - Year l981 program is fixed, a major initiative will be launched to encourage a continued high level of third country resettlements. US refugee admissions are one of the most tangible, and to the nations of Southeast Asia, one of the most vital elements in the stated US commitment to that region's stability and progress. Refugees From the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe The traditional US support for the principle of freedom of movement and respect for other human rights has been a pillar of US foreign...
Page 83 - They also called attention to the need scrupulously to observe universally recognized principles of human rights as they pertain to refugees. Tanzania's President Nyerere set the tone for the conference when he reminded his audience of the African tradition of hospitality and stated in his opening address that "the refugees of Africa are primarily an African problem, and an African responsibility.
Page 89 - Most of our contributions are channeled through international organizations including the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the...
Page 97 - COLOMBIA Colombia is a poor country with a high unemployment rate. It has a relatively homogenous population and is uncomfortable with the thought of any significant influx of foreigners. Colombia is encouraging emigration rather than immigration, although some refugees are accepted on an ad hoc basis. About 30 refugees were accepted in 1978. Nearly all of them were Nicaraguans who...
Page 67 - Soviet emigrants than 1978 did. As noted in the Netherlands country profile, the Dutch play an important role in the emigration of Soviet Jews. The Netherlands Embassy in Moscow represents Israeli Government interests in the Soviet Union and processes the applications for Israeli travel papers of Soviet Jews who have received Moscow's permission to emigrate. Most of these emigres are flown directly to Vienna (see Austria section) for further processing and the completion of travel arrangements to...