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Article: HOUSE ADVANCES BILL TO RESETTLE BOAT PEOPLE.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 21, 1995
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Byline: New York Times
BANGKOK, Thailand Legislation has been proposed in the U.S. Congress that could result in offers of resettlement to as many as half of the 40,000 Vietnamese boat people now facing deportation to Vietnam from detention camps throughout Asia.
The proposal has alarmed the United Nations and some Asian governments because it is threatening to scuttle an international effort endorsed by the Clinton administration to send home the last of the Vietnamese in the camps.
The plan is contained in a foreign affairs appropriations bill drafted by House Republicans. Although the administration opposes the measure, it has ...