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About 323,000 have been permanently settled, while an additional estimated 716,000 are in camps across Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and other Asian nations.","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"What problems do refugees face beyond the hardship of displacement?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"Stories circulate about refugees being refused asylum, some being forcefully sent back across borders, and people being raped and pirated on the high seas. It is estimated that two out of every seven refugees never reach asylum.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"What role do churches and related organizations play in resettlement and relief?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"Churches and voluntary organizations are described as playing the major role in resettlement, with United Presbyterian congregations sponsoring thousands for resettlement in the United States. 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475 Riverside Dr.,New York,NY,by United Presbyterian Women,United Presbyterian Church,USA.Second-class postage paid at New York,NY and at additional mailing offices.Postmaster:Send form 3579 to address belowA subscription to CONCERN MAGAZINE/NEWSFOLDincludes four issues in magazine format;tenin newsfold format.Subscription:1 year,55.Payment must accompany order.Allow six to eight weeksfor new subscription or change of address to become effective.Editor:Jane JarrardAssociate Editor:Ann YearginBusiness/Promotion Manager:Betty ParkinsonArt/Design:Paul NonnastSubscription Manager:Carol MullerTreasurer:Marilyn Clark  \nAddress all subscription andeditorial correspondence to:  \nCONCERN,Room 454,  \n475 Riverside Drive,  \nNew York,NY 10027  \nSecond-Class Postage  \nPAID AT  \nNew York,NY  \nand at Additional  \nMailing Offices  \n2  \nThese Vietnameserefugees sit in thefilthy cargo-hold of afreighter,having beendenied permission to land.  \n# IndochineseRefugees:Where WillThey Go?\n\nMore than 1.3 million Indochinese havechosen refugee status since 1975.Althoughsome 323,000 of these have been permanentlysettled,it is estimated that an additional716,000 are currently in camps in Thailand,Malaysia,Indonesia,Hong Kong and otherAsian nations.From January through Marchof this year,an estimated 35,000\"boatpeople”arrived on Asian shores.In the firsttwo weeks of April,the figure was 10,337一more than arrived during the entire month ofMarch.  \nApart from the usual anguish of being aref-ugee,stories are circulating about refugeesbeing refused asylum,some in camps beingforcefully sent back across borders and beingraped and pirated on the high seas.It hasbeen estimated that two out of every sevenrefugees never reach asylum.  \nThe churches,along with other voluntaryorganizations,play the major role in the re-settlement of refugees.United Presbyteriancongregations—through World Relief,Emer-gency and Resettlement Services—have,as ofMay 31,1979,sponsored some 2,800 Indochi-nese for resettlement in the United States.Atthe same time,support from the worldChristian community is undergirding thewelfare programs that national churches areundertaking,when allowed,in the campsthemselves.Currently,Church World Serviceis furnishing six prototype solar/steamdistillation units to provide water in aMalaysian camp of 35,000 refugees.The sceneis chaotic,complex and heartrending.  \nThere is much history reflected in themovements of and tensions between thepeoples of Indochina,exacerbated by theinternational politics,pressures and maneuv-erings of the nations in Indochina and byexternal powers like the USA,USSR andChina.At issue are immediate emergency  \nReligious News Service Photo  \nresettlement programming,the critical devel-opmental needs of all the countries involved,and the long-term effort to bring peace andstability to the region.  \nAs churches we must not only do all we canto provide sponsorshipsfor Indochinese refu-gees but become active advocates with ourcongresspersons and senators on refugeelegislation and programming.At the sametime,it behooves us to press for the openingof doors to developmental and relief assis-tance in Indochina,including (and especial-ly?)Vietnam itself.An outflow of refugees isnot due solely to political unrest but,as ourown ancestry documents,to economic andlife-denying deprivation.Building upa devas-tated nation's economy is still the key toovercoming political excess,indigence and afeeling of hopelessness.Surely the best way ofslowing down or stopping an exodus is to givepeople hope for staying in the land andculture of their birth.What to do?  \n1.Develop sponsorship commitments inyour congregation and community.  \n2.Encourage better understanding of theancient and modern history of Indochina.  \n3.Become familiar with federal legislationon refugee programming.  \n4.Write your congressperson and senatorurging support of the Refugee Act of 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