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...Victor Palmieri, U.S. coordinator for refugee affairs, told a Kennedy School audience of 30 yesterday that there is no clear solution to the problem of relocating the large numbers of Indochinese refugees in Southest Asia...
...Palmieri said the refugee dilemma is a "mirror reflection" of the world-wide economic crisis that forces each country to worry about self-preservation...
...world's wealthy nations, the Western countries have been most responsive to the drive for resettlement, Palmieri said, adding that OPEC countries of the Middle East "have the attitude that the West is responsible for the problem, and is therefore responsible for solving...
...Palmieri said although these numbers are impressive, they still are not proportionate to the large number of refugees in first-asylum countries, and the masses still arriving...
Mexican and Caribbean officials have criticized the United States for its acceptance of massive numbers of refugees, Palmieri said, adding that "it is hard to explain to these countries, all of whom are undergoing serious economic problems, why we have such strict immigration laws for them, yet let in the refugees so freely...