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Bangkok Post - Nov 28, 1999.
BURMA


UN agency urged to aid repatriation

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has been urged by the =
National Security Council to negotiate with Rangoon the repatriation of =
100,000 refugees in Thailand.

NSC secretary-general Kachadpai Burusphat said it was hoped the UNHCR =
and other international organisations would push for the repatriation of =
Burmese who had fled over the past 15 years to escape fighting, through =
talks with the Burmese government.

"I have asked the UNHCR to come up with decisive resolutions. The UNHCR =
must consult international communities to find out how to play a greater =
role in Burma and give Burma assistance, to ensure the safety of =
refugees who return home," he said.

More than 750 Burmese students in Bangkok had so far registered with the =
UNHCR and would be sent to the Maneeloy centre in Ratchaburi, which =
houses 1,100 Burmese students.

The NSC chief said he believed the process to send all Burmese students =
in Thailand to third countries could begin by the end of the year.


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