Comprehensive Plan of Action
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The Comprehensive Plan of Action (CPA) is a program adopted in June 1989 at a conference in
Outline of plan
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By changing
- Hong Kong June 16, 1988
- Malaysia March 14, 1989
- Thailand March 14, 1989
- Philippines March 14, 1989
- Indonesia March 17, 1989
would no longer automatically be considered as
When the
The Conference on Indo-Chinese Refugees wanted Viet Nam and the Lao People's Democratic Republic to be involved in the solution for this problem, as well as first-asylum countries, (Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand) and resettlement countries, to share responsibility for the asylum seekers and guarantee asylum to all refugees.
The Conference also demanded that every asylum seeker would receive refuge in first-asylum countries and not be pushed back, when the process of determination of his or her refugee claim was pending. Screening procedures (or procedure to determine refugee status) were adopted to examine every individual's claim to refugee status. Recognized refugees were to receive resettlement opportunities. Rejected asylum seekers were to return to their home countries, whose governments agreed to refrain from any discrimination, harassment, persecution or unfair treatment.
Under the Plan, the UNHCR provided humanitarian assistance to the asylum seekers and countries of first asylum. Extensive monitoring procedures were also established in the countries of origin, and financial assistance was provided to the returnees and to the communities which agreed to accept them back.
After 7 years, the plan was declared ended on March 6, 1996. At that time, all the
See also
- Boat people
- Bắt đầu từ nay
- Vietnamese people in Hong Kong