From: lien@berlioz.nsc.com (Lien Nguyen)
Subject: [REFUGEE] La' thu* tu*` tra.i ca^'m DongRek.
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Reply-To: lien@berlioz.nsc.com
Organization: SCV Relay
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 09:32:03 GMT




La' thu* na`y do o^ng Tra^`n Ngo.c Tha.ch cu?a Tru*o*`ng Vie^.t Nam
ta.i tra.i ca^'m DongRek go*?i cho ho^.i Aid to Refugee Children w/o
Parents.
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Ban gia'o du.c chu'ng to^i dda~ nha^.n ddu*o*.c so^' ta`i cha'nh 200
my~ kim do ARCWP go*?i; cha Pierre trao cho chu'ng to^i 5000 Baht
dde^~ to^? chu*'c Te^'t Trung Thu cho ca'c em thie^'u nhi.
....
Tuy nhie^n vi` su*. xa?y ra nhu* to^i dda~ tri`nh ba`y vo*'i o^ng o*?
la' thu* tru*o*'c dda^y, ne^n co' mo^.t so^' ba` con dda~ dda(ng ky'
tro*? ve^` Vie^.t Nam. Ga^`n 200 ngu*o*`i dda~ chuye^?n le^n Phanat
Nikhom, mo^.t so^' dda~ to*'i VN, mo^.t so^' co`n ta.i Phanat; trong
ddo' co' o^ng Du*o*ng Phinh, nay nghe so^' ddo' ho. ru't ddo*n xin
ddu*o*.c ta'i xet cho ddu*o*.c hu*o*?ng quy che^' ty. na.n. To^i co'
dde^'n ga(.p cha Pierre ho?i y' kie^'n ve^` vu. na`y, Cha tra? lo*`i
ho*i kho' kha(n, va` cu~ng kho^ng bie^'t la` UNHCR ho. se~ gia~i
quye^'t ra sao ddo^'i vo*'i nhu*~ng ngu*o*`i ddo'.....

Ho^`i 09/15/92 pha'i ddoa`n UNHCR o*? Bangkok, ho. dda~ xuo^'ng pho?ng
va^'n thanh lo.c cho khu 19 (Section 19) cu?a chu'ng to^i. Nguye^n
nha^n thanh lo.c la` ho. muo^'n ti`m va` nha^.n nhu*~ng ngu*o*`i
thu*.c su*. sanh dde~ o*? VN, co' quo^'c ti.ch VN thi` se~ ddu*o*.c
ta'i ddi.nh cu* o*? dde^. tam quo^'c gia theo chu*o*ng tri`nh nha^n
dda.o (pre-cutoff date) Ho. la`m vie^.c suo^'t nga`y 09/26/92 mo*'i
xong. Nay ho. dda~ gom ta^'t ca? ho^` so* le^n Bangkok dde^~ quye^'t
ddi.nh, ne^n chu'ng to^i cu~ng ddang cho*` tin....Theo to^i nghi~,
UNHCR se~ chuye^?n chu'ng to^i trong mo^.t nga`y ga^`n dda^y tho^i.
Nhu* va^.y la` vie^.c tranh dda^'u cu?a quy' Ho^.i va` cu?a cha Pierre
dde^~ giu'p ddo*~ cho chu'ng to^i nay dda~ ddu*o*.c tha`nh co^ng,
chu'ng to^i ghi nho*' o*? o*n cao thu*o*.ng a^'y....

To^i vu*`a ga(.p Cha Pierre ba'o cho bie^'t la` Ho^.i dda~ go*?i the^m
cho Tru*o*`ng Vie^.t Nam 800 my~ kim nu*~a dde^~ tie^u du`ng trong
vie^.c mua va(n pho`ng pha^?m, ba'nh cho ca'c em va` lu*o*ng tha'ng
cho tha^`y co^. Pha^`n ta`i cha'nh na`y Cha trao cho co^ Olivia giu*~
dde^~ cung ca^'p cho chu'ng to^i...

Tra^`n Ngo.c Tha.ch,
Tru*o*`ng Vie^.t Nam, Section 19,
DongRek.

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Xin ha~y le^n tie^'ng giu'p ddo^`ng ba`o ty. na.n cu?a chu'ng ta ta.i
DDo^ng Nam A', va` dda(.c bie^.t DDo^`ng Ba`o Ty. Na.n DDu*o*`ng Bo^.
ta.i DONGREK....

Tri'ch du*o*'i dda^y la` mo^.t la' thu* tu*` Aid to Refugee Children
 w/o Parents gu*?i dde^'n Cao U?y Ty. Na.n. Qu'y vi. co' the^? du`ng
 ba?n na`y, hay tha?o mo^.t la' thu* kha'c gu*?i dde^'n:

* Mrs Sadako Ogata
  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee
  Case Postale 2500-CH1211
  Geneve 2 Depot, Switzerland

* American Embassy
  95 Wireless Road
  Bangkok 10330
  Thailand


Dear .....

We are grateful for the efforts you are making to resolve the
difficult problem of the asylum seekers awaiting screening, or who
have been screened out. We would like to request your further
attention to these remaining isues involving the asylum seekers:

First, as has been widely reported by many sources, including the
UNHCR itself, asylum seekers have remained in the camps entirely too
long - in some cases for many years.
Second, as has been widely reported, the number of persons screened in
has been too few. This is especially evident in the cases of (1)
unaccompanied minors, (2) former South Vietnamese government
civillians, political and military officials and their families, and
(3) the beleaguered Vietnamese citizens of Section 19, Site 2,
Thailand, half of them are children. Some of these people have
languished in this camp since 1982; many have suffered persecution in
Vietnam, and many are likely to be persecuted again if they repatriated.
Third, many countries and officials, including officials from the
UNHCR, agree that mistakes have been made in the screening process,
and have advocated changes in the procedure.

We urgently recommend that you give the utmost and foremost
consideration to the Section 19 asylum seekers, the unaccompanied
minors, and to the political,civillian and military personnel of the
former government of South Vietnam. On humanitarian grounds, we
recommend that you grant these people refugee status, let them be
resettled and go on with their lives as productive citizens in
countries of resettlement that will take them. This solution is far
better than sending them back to Vietnam, where they face the likely
prospect of continuing discrimination.

Sincerely yours,



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