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 PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1329-42

Commissioner for Refugees should redouble efforts to assure a stable and secure environment for refugees while dialog is pursued on other long-range solutions, it is the sense of the Senate that— (1) within the worldwide refugee admissions ceiling determined by the President, the President should allocate— (A) at least 28,000 admissions from East Asia, firstasylum camps, (B) at least 8,500 admissions for the Orderly Departure Program, for each of the fiscal years 1988, 1989, and 1990; and (2) within the allocation made by the President for the Orderly Departure Program from Vietnam pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), admissions allocated in a fiscal year under priorities II and III of the program (as defined in the Department of State Bureau for Refugee Programs worldwide processing priorities) and the number of admissions allocated for A©erasians and their immediate family members under priority I, should be generous. (d) INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS TO REFUGEE PROBLEMS.—It is

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sense of the Congress that— (1) renewed international efforts must be taken to address the problem of Indochinese refugees who have lived in camps for 3 years or longer; and (2) the Secretary of State should urge the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to organize immediately an international conference to address the problems of Indochinese refugees. SEC. 803. REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The President shall submit a President of U.S. report to Congress within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act on the respective roles of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Department of State in the refugee program with recommendations for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the program. SEC. 804. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.—The Congress makes the following findings and declarations: (a) Thousands of children in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam were fathered by American civilians and military personnel. O> It has been reported that many of these Amerasian chilt) dren are ineligible for ration cards and often beg in the streets, peddle black market wares, or prostitute themselves. (c) The mothers of Amerasian children in Vietnam are not eligible for government jobs or employment in government enterprises and many are estranged from their families and are destitute. (d) Amerasian children and their families have undisputed ties to the United States and are of particular humaipitarian concern to the United States. (e) The United States has a longstanding and very strong commitment to receive the Amerasian children in Vietnam, if they desire to come to the United States.

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