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 CIS NO: 91-H381-13
 TITLE: Refugee Dilemma in Europe and Asia and the U.S.' Response.
 SOURCE: Committee on Foreign Affairs. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+104 p.
 DATE: June 20, 1990
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 101-2             SUDOC: Y4.F76/1:R25/6
 ITEM NO: 1017-A; 1017-B
 LC CARD NO: 90-602732               MC ENTRY NO: 91-6240

 Hearing before the Subcom on International Operations to examine conditions
 affecting refugees from various world regions and countries, including the
 Soviet Union, Afghanistan, and Southeast Asia. Also assesses U.S. programs
 for assisting refugees in locations abroad and for allowing increased
 immigration of refugees to the U.S.
   Supplementary material (p. 67-104) includes articles.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Refugee conditions and US assistance efforts
 DESCRIPTORS: SUBCOM ON INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS. HOUSE; REFUGEES;
     INDOCHINESE REFUGEES; FOREIGN.ASSISTANCE; SOVIET UNION; AFGHANISTAN;
     IMMIGRATION
 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF: P.L.101-243

 91-H381-13 TESTIMONY NO: 1         June 20, 1990 p. 2-35
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     LAFONTANT-MANKARIOUS, JEWEL S. (Coordinator, Refugee Affairs,
        Department of State)
     LYMAN, PRINCETON N. (Director, Bureau for Refugee Programs, Department
        of State)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Overview of U.S. policy for increased admission
     of refugees from the Soviet Union and other Eastern European countries;
     status of Afghan refugees; overview of Indochinese refugee problems.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Refugee conditions and US assistance efforts
 DESCRIPTORS: EASTERN EUROPE; DEPARTMENT.OF.STATE

 91-H381-13 TESTIMONY NO: 2         June 20, 1990 p. 35-52, 67-104
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     O'NEILL, CATHERINE (Chair, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and
        Children)
     ROBINSON, COURT (Policy Analyst, U.S. Committee for Refugees)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Problems of women refugees; overview of
     Indochinese refugee crisis, with recommendations for U.S. policy.
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. Robinson, C., ""War is Growing Worse and Worse': Refugees and
        Displaced Persons on the Thai-Burmese Border" with photos (p. 67-88).
     b. Robinson, C., refugee issues, Refugee Reports, May 18, 1990 (p.
        89-104).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Refugee conditions and US assistance efforts
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): WAR ("War is Growing Worse
     and Worse': Refugees and Displaced Persons on the Thai-Burmese Border");
     THAILAND ("War is Growing Worse and Worse': Refugees and Displaced
     Persons on the Thai-Burmese Border"); BURMA ("War is Growing Worse and
     Worse': Refugees and Displaced Persons on the Thai-Burmese Border");
     WOMEN; WOMEN'S COMMISSION FOR REFUGEE WOMEN AND CHILDREN; U.S.
     COMMITTEE FOR REFUGEES

 91-H381-13 TESTIMONY NO: 3         June 20, 1990 p. 52-66
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WALI, SIMA (Executive Director, Refugee Women in Development)
     TRANIN, DONALD (Chairman, Committee on Refugee Resettlement, Council
        of Jewish Federations)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Problems of Afghan refugees; overview of
     emigration and resettlement of Soviet Jews.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Refugee conditions and US assistance efforts
 DESCRIPTORS: JEWS; REFUGEE WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT; COUNCIL OF JEWISH
     FEDERATIONS