From: tnguyen@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Thang Nguyen)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: [Refugee] You can help save 700 Viet refugees
Date: 13 Nov 92 23:16:16 GMT
Reply-To: tnguyen@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Thang Nguyen)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

XIN HA~Y CU+'U GIU'P -DO`^NG BA`O BO^. NHA^N
O+? DONG REK, THA'I LAN

     Hie^.n co' khoa?ng tre^n ba?y tra<m -do`^ng ba`o -di
-du+o+`ng bo^. -da~ o+? tra.i Dong Rek, Tha'i Lan tu+` ra^'t
nhie`^u na<m. So^' -do`^ng ba`o na`y co' the^? se~ pha?i
qua thanh lo.c ma` -da'ng le~ ho. kho^ng ca`^n pha?i qua.
Co^.ng -do`^ng ngu+o+`i Vie^.t o+? ha?i ngoa.i ca`^n le^n
tie^'ng ga^'p -de^? can thie^.p cho ca'c -do`^ng ba`o xa^'u so^'
na`y. Nhu+~ng ai co' tha^n nha^n o+? trong tru+o+`ng ho+.p
na`y xin ha~y lu+u y' va` ha`nh -do^.ng ngay -de^? cu+'u
giu'p cho tha^n nha^n cu?a mi`nh. Ne^'u co' tha<'c ma<'c gi`
thi` xin lie^n la.c vo+'i Uy? Ban Cu+'u Ngu+o+`i Vu+o+.t
Bie^?n theo -di.a chi? ghi o+? cuo^'i ba`i.

I. So+ Lu+o+.c Ti`nh Hi`nh

     Nho'm -do`^ng ba`o na`y thuo^.c va`o so^' -da~ ba<ng
-du+o+`ng bo^. -de^'n Tha'i Lan ke^? tu+` na<m 82. Va`o tha'ng
5 na<m 88, ho. -du+o+.c le^.nh pha?i di chuye^?n sang tra.i
Ban Thad. Lu'c a^'y, Ban Thad la` mo^.t tra.i ca^'m va` nhu+~ng
ngu+o+`i chuye^?n sang -do' kho^ng co' quye`^n -di -di.nh
cu+. Nhie`^u -do`^ng ba`o -du+o+`ng bo^. co`n lo so+. ra<`ng
-da^y la` tra.i ta^.p trung chua^?n bi. cho va^'n -de`^ cu+o+~ng
ba'ch ho`^i hu+o+ng. Do -do' ho. -da~ kho^ng chi.u chuye^?n
tra.i.
     Tru+o+'c su+. cho^'ng -do^'i na`y, qua^n -do^.i Tha'i
Lan -da~ -do^'t tra.i va` ca<'t ca'c nguo`^n thu+.c pha^?m.
Sau mo^.t tho+`i gian so^'ng trong ca?nh ma`n tro+`i chie^'u
-da^'t va` pha?i -di xin a<n cu?a ca'c ngu+o+`i ti. na.n
Khmer, mo^.t so^' -do`^ng ba`o -da~ cha^'p nha^.n -di Ban Thad.
So^' co`n la.i vi` tie^'p tu.c kho^ng chi.u -di Ban Thad ne^n
-da~ -du+o+.c chuye^?n qua tra.i Dong Rek, chi? ca'ch bie^n
gio+'i Tha'i-Mie^n 200 thu+o+'c. So^' ngu+o+`i na`y go`^m
nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i Vie^.t va` ngu+o+`i Vie^.t go^'c Cha`m, go^'c
Hoa, hay go^'c Khmer.
     -De^'n na<m 89 quo^'c te^' ban ha`nh chi'nh sa'ch thanh
lo.c. Theo Chu+o+ng Tri`nh Ha`nh -Do^.ng Toa`n Die^.n -du+o+.c
ky' ke^'t va`o na<m -do', nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i Vie^.t -de^'n
Tha'i Lan tru+o+'c nga`y 14 tha'ng 3, 89, kho^ng pha?i qua
thanh lo.c ma` -du+o+.c -du+o+ng nhie^n xe't la` ti. na.n
va` -du+o+.c xe't cho -di.nh cu+ nhanh cho'ng. Chi? nhu+~ng
ngu+o+`i -de^'n sau nga`y a^'y mo+'i pha?i qua thanh lo.c.
     Theo -du'ng chi'nh sa'ch na`y, so^' -do`^ng ba`o -du+o+`ng
bo^. -da~ di chuye^?n sang Ban Thad -de`^u -da~ -du+o+.c -di.nh
cu+. Tuy nhie^n so^' ngu+o+`i o+? Dong Rek, cu~ng -di tru+o+'c
nga`y 14 tha'ng 3 thi` Cao Uy? la.i muo^'n ho. pha?i qua
thanh lo.c nhu+ nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i to+'i sau nga`y 14 tha'ng
3, vo+'i ly' do la` ho. -da~ kho^ng chi.u chuye^?n tra.i
na<m 88.

II. Mo^.t So^' Die^~n Tie^'n Ga`^n -Da^y

     Va`o tha'ng hai na<m 91, Chi'nh Phu? Tha'i Lan co^ng
bo^' ra<`ng ho. sa<~n sa`ng -de^? nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i -du+o+`ng
bo^. o+? Dong Rek ra -di ne^'u co' quo^'c gia nha^.n -di.nh
cu+ nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i na`y. Sau -do', Chi'nh Phu? Tha'i Lan
-da~ nhie`^u la`^n ke^u go.i ca'c quo^'c gia nha^.n -di.nh
cu+ ha~y -de^'n Dong Rek la^.p thu? tu.c pho?ng va^'n cho -di.nh
cu+.
     Chi'nh phu? Gia Na~ -Da.i cho bie^'t ra<`ng ho. co' the^?
-di.nh cu+ khoa?ng 300 trong so^' ngu+o+`i na`y. Chi'nh phu?
Pha'p cu~ng cho bie^'t la` ho. co' the^? nha^.n -di.nh cu+
mo^.t so^'. Song, Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n ca?n tro+? va` -do`i
ho?i ra<`ng nhu+~ng bo^. nha^n na`y pha?i qua thanh lo.c.
Bo^. Ngoa.i Giao Hoa Ky` cu~ng chu? tru+o+ng nhu+ Cao Uy?
Ti. Na.n, nghi~a la` nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i na`y va^~n pha?i qua
thanh lo.c ma<.c du` ho. -da~ -de^'n Tha'i Lan tu+` tru+o+'c
nga`y 14 tha'ng 3, 89. Nhu+ng su+. cho^'ng ca?n ma.nh me~
ho+n he^'t la` tu+` phi'a chi'nh phu? U'c.
     Do no^~ lu+.c va^.n -do^.ng cu?a nhie`^u ho^.i -doa`n Vie^.t
va` quo^'c te^' va` co' le~ cu~ng do su+. thay -do^?i tha`nh
pha`^n nha^n su+. trong Phu? Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n, va`o trung
tua`^n tha'ng 9 vu+`a qua, Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n -da~ -de^'n tra.i
Dong Rek la^.p ba`n pho?ng va^'n -de^? xa'c -di.nh chu?ng
to^.c cu?a so^' -do`^ng ba`o bo^. nha^n o+? Dong Rek. Ho`^
so+ sau -do' -da~ -du+o+.c chuye^?n sang cho Bo^. No^.i Vu.
Tha'i Lan gia?i quye^'t.
     Nhu+ va^.y, Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n co' ve? muo^'n giao va^'n
-de`^ la.i cho Bo^. No^.i Vu. Tha'i Lan tuy` nghi gia?i quye^'t.
Nhu+ -da~ ne^u tre^n, Bo^. No^.i Vu. Tha'i Lan thi` ra^'t
muo^'n nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i na`y -du+o+.c so+'m -di -di.nh cu+.
Tha`nh ra va^'n -de`^ hie^.n nay pha`^n lo+'n tuy` thuo^.c va`o
tha'i -do^. cu?a ca'c quo^'c gia nha^.n -di.nh cu+.
     Sau ho+n 10 na<m, nay -da~ le lo'i mo^.t chu't a'nh sa'ng
o+? cuo^'i -du+o+`ng ha`^m.

III. La`m Gi`?

     Vie^.c quan tro.ng nha^'t la` la`m sao gia?i quye^'t -du+o+.c
cho nga~ ngu~ ti`nh tra.ng ti. na.n cu?a so^' -do`^ng ba`o
na`y. Nhu+ -da~ tri`nh ba`y o+? tre^n, Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n
gio+` -da^y co' ve? kho^ng co`n -do`i ho?i so^' -do`^ng
ba`o na`y pha?i qua thanh lo.c. Tuy nhie^n ho. va^~n chu+a
chi'nh thu+'c thu+`a nha^.n quye`^n ti. na.n -du+o+ng nhie^n
cu?a nhu+~ng ngu+o+`i -du+o+`ng bo^. o+? Dong Rek. Ti`nh hi`nh
hie^.n nay co' ve? thua^.n lo+.i nho+` su+. thay -do^?i
tha'i -do^. cu?a Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n nhu+ng va^~n co' the^?
thay -do^?i ba^'t ky` lu'c na`o.
     Bo+?i va^.y, vie^.c -da`^u tie^n la` la`m sao -de^? quo^'c
te^' chi'nh thu+'c co^ng nha^.n so^' -do`^ng ba`o na`y la`
ti. na.n. Mo^.t ca'ch thu+'c la` la`m sao -de^? co' mo^.t
quo^'c gia, ba^'t ky` quo^'c gia na`o, nha^.n -di.nh cu+ mo^.t
so^', du` chi? la` mo^.t so^' nho?. -Du+o+.c nhu+ va^.y, -die`^u
na`y se~ ta.o tie`^n le^. va` chu'ng ta co' the^? an ta^m
ra<`ng so^' -do`^ng ba`o co`n la.i ro`^i ra cu~ng se~ -du+o+.c
gia?i quye^'t cho -di -di.nh cu+. Vie^.c na`y chu'ng ta ca`^n
la`m ga^'p tru+o+'c khi ti`nh hi`nh la.i bie^'n chuye^?n ba^'t
ngo+`.
     Sau -da^y la` mo^.t so^' co^ng vie^.c ca`^n thu+.c hie^.n
-de^? -da.t mu.c tie^u tre^n.

1. -Do^'i Vo+'i Ca'c Ho^.i -Doa`n

Gia Na~ -Da.i

     Ca'c ho^.i -doa`n ba?o tro+. tu+ nha^n ca`^n
ga^'p ru't la^.p danh sa'ch ba?o tro+. cho mo^.t so^' -do`^ng
ba`o -du+o+`ng bo^.. -Da^y la` ca'ch thu+'c co' nhie`^u
trie^?n vo.ng tha`nh co^ng nha^'t -de^? cu+'u giu'p cho toa`n
bo^. so^' ba?y tra<m -do`^ng ba`o.
     Ne^'u chi'nh phu? Gia Na~ -Da.i, Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n va`
chi'nh phu? Tha'i Lan cha^'p nha^.n cho ca'c ho^.i -doa`n nha^.n
-di.nh cu+ du` chi? va`i ba ngu+o+`i tu+` Dong Rek thi` xem
nhu+ ho. -da~ cha^'p nha^.n tre^n nguye^n ta<'c ra<`ng nhu+~ng
-do`^ng ba`o -du+o+`ng bo^. la` ti. na.n va` -du+o+.c quye`^n
-di.nh cu+. 
     Chi'nh phu? Gia Na~ -Da.i se~ cha<?ng co' ly' do gi`
-de^? ca^'m ca?n vi` ba?o tro+. qua -du+o+`ng tu+ nha^n se~
kho^ng -du.ng cha.m gi` -de^'n nga^n quy~ quo^'c gia. Cao
Uy? Ti. Na.n va` Tha'i Lan, thi` nhu+ -da~ pha^n ti'ch o+?
tre^n, trong lu'c na`y cu~ng kho^ng co' ve? gi` la` se~
ca?n tro+?. Chi'nh vi` va^.y, ba?o tro+. tu+ nha^n cho mo^.t
so^' -do`^ng ba`o co' the^? la` chie^'c chi`a khoa' cho toa`n
bo^. va^'n -de`^ Dong Rek. Nhu+ng chu'ng ta pha?i la`m ga^'p
vi` ti`nh hi`nh co' the^? la.i se~ thay -do^?i ba^'t ky` lu'c
na`o.
     Ngoa`i ra ca'c -doa`n the^? cu~ng ne^n -do`i ho?i chi'nh
phu? Gia Na~ -Da.i nha^.n -di.nh cu+ mo^.t so^'. Cha<'c cha<'n
la` chu+o+ng tri`nh ba?o tro+. tu+ nha^n se~ chi? -du? kha?
na<ng -de^? -di.nh cu+ mo^.t so^' ra^'t i't. Ne^'u chi'nh phu?
ba?o tro+. the^m -du+o+.c ngu+o+`i na`o thi` hay ngu+o+`i
-do'.

Hoa Ky`

     Theo u+o+'c lu+o+.ng cu?a toa` -da.i
su+' My~ ta.i Bangkok, gia` nu+?a so^' -do`^ng ba`o o+?
Dong Rek ho^.i -du? tie^u chua^?n -de^? -di.nh cu+ ta.i Hoa
Ky` theo ca'c -die`^u khoa?n cu?a Tu Chi'nh A'n Lautenberg.
(Tu Chi'nh A'n na`y no+'i ro^.ng ca'c -die`^u kie^.n -di.nh
cu+ -do^'i vo+'i ngu+o+`i ti. na.n Do Tha'i va` -Do^ng Du+o+ng.)
     Tuy nhie^n, Va<n Pho`ng Ti. Na.n cu?a Toa` -Da.i Su+'
Hoa Ky` ta.i Bangkok, cho -de^'n ga`^n -da^y, va^~n cu`ng chu?
tru+o+ng vo+'i Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n la` so^' ngu+o+`i o+? Dong
Rek pha?i qua thanh lo.c. Nay Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n -da~ co'
da^'u hie^.u thay -do^?i, nhu+ng Toa` -Da.i Su+' Hoa Ky` va^~n
chu+a cho tha^'y co' su+. thay -do^?i.
     Ti`nh hi`nh co' the^? se~ kha'c -di vo+'i su+. thay -do^?i
ha`nh pha'p ta.i Hoa Ky`. Su+. thay -do^?i mo^.t so^' nha^n
vie^n -da`^u na~o ta.i Bo^. Ngoa.i Giao va` ta.i Toa` -Da.i
Su+' cha<'c cha<'n se~ la` mo^.t co+ ho^.i thua^.n lo+.i cho
-do`^ng ba`o -du+o+`ng bo^.. Buo^?i giao tho+`i na`y la` lu'c
ma` tie^'ng no'i cu?a chu'ng ta co' nhie`^u hy vo.ng nha^'t
-de^? a?nh hu+o+?ng -de^'n -du+o+`ng lo^'i va` chi'nh sa'ch
ti. na.n cu?a Bo^. Ngoa.i Giao.
     Hie^.n nay Uy? Ban Cu+'u Ngu+o+`i Vu+o+.t Bie^?n -dang
pho^'i ho+.p vo+'i mo^.t so^' va<n pho`ng da^n bie^?u va`
thu+o+.ng nghi. si~ Hoa Ky`, cu~ng nhu+ mo^.t so^' ca'c co+
quan nha^n -da.o cu?a Hoa Ky` -de^? va^.n -do^.ng Bo^. Ngoa.i
Giao. Tuy nhie^n su+. le^n tie^'ng cu`ng lu'c cu?a ca'c
ho^.i -doa`n ngu+o+`i Vie^.t o+? kha<'p Hoa Ky` la` -die`^u
vo^ cu`ng ca`^n thie^'t.

Pha'p

     Chi'nh phu? Pha'p -da~ nhie`^u la`^n to?
y' lu+u ta^m -de^'n ti`nh tra.ng cu?a so^' -do`^ng ba`o bo^.
nha^n na`y. Nay, ca'c ho^.i -doa`n o+? Pha'p ca`^n chuye^?n
su+. lu+u ta^m na`y tha`nh mo^.t nghi~a cu+? nha^n -da.o.

U'c

     Chi'nh phu? U'c hie^.n nay la` chu+o+'ng
nga.i va^.t -da'ng quan nga.i nha^'t. Chi'nh phu? U'c kho^ng
nhu+~ng kho^ng muo^'n nha^.n -di.nh cu+ ca'c bo^. nha^n o+?
Dong Rek ma` co`n ta.o a'p lu+.c -do^'i vo+'i ca'c quo^'c
gia kha'c -de^? phu? nha^.n quye`^n ti. na.n cu?a so^' -do`^ng
ba`o na`y. Do -do', co^.ng -do`^ng ngu+o+`i Vie^.t o+? U'c
ca`^n do`^n mo.i no^~ lu+.c -de^? hoa' gia?i -du+o+`ng lo^'i
he^'t su+'c co' ha.i na`y cu?a chi'nh phu? U'c.
     Chu'ng ta kho^ng ca`^u chi'nh phu? U'c -di.nh cu+ bo^.
nha^n o+? Dong Rek vi` chuye^.n na`y xem nhu+ la` kho^ng tu+o+?ng.
Tuy nhie^n, su+. cho^'ng -do^'i cu?a chi'nh phu? U'c co'
the^? la`m ho?ng toa`n bo^. no^~ lu+.c quo^'c te^' -de^? gia?i
cu+'u cho so^' -do`^ng ba`o o+? Dong Rek.
     
2. -Do^'i Vo+'i Tu+ Nha^n Co' Tha^n Nha^n O+? Dong Rek

     Sau -da^y la` mo^.t so^' vie^.c ma` quy' vi. ca`^n
la`m ga^'p -de^? ta.o the^m a'p lu+.c -do^'i vo+'i Cao Uy?
Ti. Na.n va` chi'nh phu? no+i mi`nh -di.nh cu+.

     1. Go+?i toa`n bo^. ho`^ so+ ba?o la~nh cho tha^n nha^n
-de^'n toa` -da.i su+' Hoa Ky` (hay cu?a quo^'c gia no+i mi`nh
-dang sinh so^'ng) va` va<n pho`ng Cao Uy? Ti. Na.n. -Da<.c
bie^.t la` -do^'i vo+'i nhu+~ng quy' vi. o+? Gia Na~ -Da.i,
quy' vi. co' the^? lie^n la.c vo+'i ca'c ho^.i -doa`n tu+
nha^n -de^? la`m -do+n ba?o la~nh cho tha^n nha^n mi`nh.

     2. Lie^n la.c vo+'i da^n bie^?u va` thu+o+.ng nghi.
si~ cu?a mi`nh -de^? ye^u ca`^u can thie^.p. 

     3. Lie^n la.c vo+'i Uy? Ban Cu+'u Ngu+o+`i Vu+o+.t
Bie^?n -de^? cu`ng vo+'i uy? ban na`y theo do~i ho`^ so+ cu?a
tha^n nha^n mi`nh.

IV. Ke^'t Lua^.n

     So^' ho+n ba?y tra<m -do`^ng ba`o -du+o+`ng bo^. o+?
Dong Rek -da~ bi. ke.t ra^'t nhie`^u na<m o+? tra.i ta.m
dung. Na<m 1989, khi quo^'c te^' a^'n -di.nh chi'nh sa'ch mo+'i
thi` so^' -do`^ng ba`o na`y va^~n tie^'p tu.c bi. bo? que^n.
Gio+` -da^y, nho+` va`o su+. va^.n -do^.ng be`^n bi? cu?a
nhie`^u ho^.i -doa`n Vie^.t va` quo^'c te^', so^' -do`^ng ba`o
na`y ba<'t -da`^u co' chu't hy vo.ng -du+o+.c the^' gio+'i
-doa'i hoa`i -de^'n. Tuy nhie^n, hy vo.ng na`y co' the^?
se~ bi. da^.p ta<'t ba^'t ky` lu'c na`o.

     Co^.ng -do`^ng ngu+o+`i Vie^.t o+? kha<'p no+i tre^n the^'
gio+'i ca`^n chu.p ngay co+ ho^.i tu+o+ng -do^'i thua^.n lo+.i
hie^.n nay -de^? nhanh cho'ng gia?i cu+'u cho so^' -do`^ng ba`o
-du+o+`ng bo^. na`y. Ne^'u cha^.m tre^~, ti`nh hi`nh co' the^?
thay -do^?i va` di.p may se~ vi~nh vie^~n ma^'t -di.

Nguye^~n -Di`nh Tha<'ng
Nga`y 13 tha'ng 11, 1992

Ghi Chu':Ba`i na`y chi? no'i -de^'n tru+o+`ng
ho+.p cu?a nhu+~ng -do`^ng ba`o -du+o+`ng bo^. -de^'n Dong
Rek tru+o+'c nga`y 14 tha'ng 3, 1989. So^' -do`^ng ba`o -du+o+`ng
bo^. -de^'n Tha'i Lan sau nga`y -do' pha?i qua thanh lo.c
nhu+ mo.i ngu+o+`i kha'c.

 -Di.a chi? va` thu+ ma^~u:

Ambassador Warren Zimmerman
Director, Bureau for
Refugee Programs
Department of State
Washington, DC 20520, USA

Madame Sadako Ogata
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 2 Depot
Geneva, Switzerland

Hon. Barbara McDougall, P.C., M.P.
Secretary of State
for External Affairs
Room 231, West Block
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
Canada

Uy? Ban Cu+'u Ngu+o+`i Vu+o+.t Bie^?n
P.O. Box
2652
Merrifield, VA 22116, USA

     Dear ________:
     We are writing to request that your office take prompt action
on behalf of the seven hundred Vietnamese land people in Dong
Rek, Thailand. These people crossed Cambodia into Thailand by land
and many have languished in asylum camps for over 10 years.
     Under the Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA) signed in 1989
by over 70 nations, including the United States (hay la` Canada,
France... tuy` theo quo^'c gia cu+ tru'), these people should
have been considered bona fiderefugees. Even Thailand, the host
country, has repeatedly expressed its desire to see these people
resettled to a third country as soon as possible. However, to this
date, the status of these land people remains undetermined and
their case unresolved.
     We therefore call upon your office to intervene on behalf
of these people. 
     It is high time for the United States (hay la` Canada, France...)
to take part in resettling this group as a matter of humanity and
justice.
     Sincerely,
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