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Date June 4, 1987 Report No. GGD-87-82FS Title

Asylum: Approval Rates for Selected Applicants

.I.I. .-. _l-----.~__- _ United Stakes General Accountin# Of&e / 317% ‘ GA!0 Junk 1987 \ Fact Sheet for the Honorable s Arlen Specter,‘ United States Senate ASYLUM Approval Rates for Selected Applicants 133178 . B-224935 Seventy-seven percent of the asylum applications (24,855 out of The 32,426) were submitted to an INS district director. remaining 23 percent of the applications (7,571) were f...
Date May 20, 1987 Report No. T-NSIAD-87-34 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Proposed Legislation for GAO Investigation of Displaced Salvadorans and Nicaraguans

Is c Testimony 13 Whited States General Accounting Oedlce ’i -..I t-7 cr. " For Release on Delivery 9:00 a.m. Wednesday May 20, 1987 PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR GAO INVESTIGATION OF DISPLACED SALVADORANS AND NICARAGUANS Statement of Associate Director Joseph E. Kelley, National Security and International Division U.S, General Accounting Office Before the Subcommittee on Immigration, International L...
Date May 13, 1987 Report No. T-NSIAD-87-33 Title

Justice and Law Enforcement: Proposed Legislation for GAO Investigation of Displaced Salvadorans and Nicaraguans

* United Stat& %eqpal Accounting OfWce 1’A& y 5( J GAO For Release on Delivery 10:00 a.m. Wednesday May 13, 1987 Testimony PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR GAO INVESTIGATION OF DISPLACED SALVADORANS AND NICARAGUANS Statement of Joseph E. Kelley, Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division U.S. General Accounting Office Before the Subcommittee on the Rules of the House Commit...
Date Feb. 27, 1987 Report No. NSIAD-87-64 Title

Loans to Refugees: Status of Efforts To Improve Refugees' Transportation Loan Repayments

United Stat& G&era1 Accounting Office GA!! Februsjry1987 Report to the Acting Dkector, Bureau for RefugeePlrograms,Depaxtment of State 13aam : JBANS To REFUGEES ’ Status of Efforts to Improve Refugees’ Transportation Low Repayments 132272 * . GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 -----National Security and International Affairs Division H-217679 --- February 27, 19...
Date April 7, 1986 Report No. NSIAD-86-69 Title

Refugee Program: Initial Reception and Placement of New Arrivals Should Be Improved

,I / i I$# ‘, GA!0 i L* April 1986 Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate and Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives REFUGEE PROGRAM Initial Reception md Placement of New Arrivals Should l3e Improved I ____ .” ,., .__ ., ---, ,., _I^--.-. ._ “-_ ^I ., --- .., GAO I General Accounting Office Wmhington, D-C. 20648 Natlonal Security and International Affairs Division unite...
Date Dec. 16, 1985 Report No. OGC-86-2 Title

Budget and Spending: Status of Budget Authority Proposed for Rescission

2 J COMPTROLLER CXNERA’WASHINOTON I b3 OF THE D.C. W UNITED STATES December 16, 1985 B-216664 128655 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This letter reports the status of budget authority proposed for rescission under the Impoundment Control Act, for which the Congress failed to pass a rescission bill before the 450day statutory withholding period expir...
Date Aug. 16, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-132 Title

International Affairs: Problems in Processing Vietnamese Refugees From the Dong Rek Camp in Cambodia

&PORT BY THEU.S. General Accounting Office Problems In Processing Vietnamese Refugees From The Dong Rek Camp In Cambodia In September 1983, Vietnamese seeking asylum in Thailand and eventual resettlement abroad began assembling at Dong Rek, Cambodia, 2-l/2 miles from the ThaiCambodian border. Twelve months elapsed before the Royal Thai government allowed the resettlement process to begin. The popu...
Date March 8, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-56 Title

International Affairs: Stricter Enforcement of Refugees' Transportation Loan Repayments Needed

BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The S8ecretary Department Of State Stricter Enforcement (If Refugees’ Transportation Loan Repayments Needed Since the mid-197% the United States has resettled and assisted hundreds of thousands of refugees from around theworld. The Department of State is primarily responsible for managing and funding refugee assistance programs. One such program calls ...
Date Feb. 28, 1985 Report No. HRD-85-41 Title

Financial Management: Review of HHS Inspector General's Report on California's Refugee Resettlement Program

UNITEDSTATES GENERALACCOUNTM OFFICE WASHINGTON, DC. 20548 HUMAH RKSOURCZS DIVISION FEBRUARY 28,1985 B-217473 The Honorable William H. Natcher Chairman, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies Education, Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Review of HHS Inspector General's Report on California's Refugee R...
Date July 20, 1984 Report No. NSIAD-84-106 Title

Central American Refugees: Regional Conditions and Prospects and Potential Impact on the United States

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress Of The United States Central American Refugees: Regional Conditions and Prospects and Potential Impact on the United States CIVII strife and deterloratlny economic condltlons In El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Guatt:mala have caused hundreds of thousands of rf!fuyees to seek asylum and asstst ;I n (* e I rI o t t 1e r C e n t r a I A m e r I c a n coun...
Date Sept. 30, 1983 Report No. NSIAD-83-35 Title

International Affairs: Oversight of State Department's Refugee Reception and Placement Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL IECURITV AFFAIIIL AND DIVICIDN B-205494 SEPTEMBER 30,1983 The Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives The Honorable Strom Thurmond Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Subject: Oversight of and Placement State Department's Refugee Program (...
Date Aug. 12, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-57 Title

Income Security: Practices and Procedures the Office of Refugee Resettlement Followed in Administering Grants Need Improvement

UN~TEMTATESGENERALACC~UNTINGOF~~CE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 WUMAI4 n88ouRca8 DIVI8l(m B-206510 AUGUST 151983 The Honorable The Secretary Margaret of Health M. Heckler and Human Services Dear Madam Secretary: Subject: Practices and Procedures the Office of Refugee Resettlement Followed in Administering Grants Need Improvement (GAO/HRD-83-57) The Chairman, Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources...
Date March 1, 1983 Report No. HRD-83-15 Title

Income Security: Greater Emphasis on Early Employment and Better Monitoring Needed in Indochinese Refugee Resettlement Program

General Accounting Office Greater Emphasis On Early Employment And Better Monitoring Needed In Indochinese Refugee Resettlement Program Although the Refugee Act of 1980 establishes the goal of quick self-sufficiency for refugees, its achievement has been impeded by problems in the Indochinese refugee resettlement program including --continued placement of most refugees in a few areas of the United...
Date Dec. 29, 1982 Report No. ID-83-2 Title

International Affairs: International Assistance to Refugees in Africa Can Be Improved

BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report ToThe Congress OF THE UNITEDSTATES International Assistance To Refugees In Africa Can Be Improved Political instability, economic difficulties, and social unrest in Africa have created one of the most severe refugee and displaced persons problems in the world. Although African asylum countries, the governments of other countries, and international organizations co...
Date April 22, 1982 Report No. 118144 Title

International Affairs: Resettlement and Medical Problems of Indochinese Refugees in the United States

*: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 10:00 A.M. EST Thursday, April 22, 1982 STATEMENT OF GREGORY J. AHART, DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, III 111 Ill11 118144 LAW REFUGEES REjFUGEES AND INTERNATIONAL HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ON RESETTLEMENT AND MEDICAL...
Date Feb. 25, 1982 Report No. HRD-82-44 Title

Income Security: Poor Management by the Office of Refugee Resettlement in Awarding a Grant to Human Resources Development Associates

UWED STAT~X~%ERAL ACCOUNTING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 e / 17706 HUMAN JIVIJICN ~-206510 RESOURCES February 25, 1982 The Honorable Benjamin S. Rosenthal House of Representatives Dear Mr. Rosenthal: Subject: RELEASED 117706 Poor lrlanagernent by the Office of Refugee Resettlement in Awarding a Grant to :lunan Resources Development Associates (Bm-82-44) asked us to examine grant review August 13, 1981,...
Date Oct. 7, 1981 Report No. OGC-81-18 Title

Budget and Spending: President's Thirteenth Special Message for Fiscal Year 1981

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINOTON OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 2@l4S B-200685 October 7, 1981 III I 116602 To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives thirteenth special On September 10, 1981, the President's fiscal year 1981 was transmitted to the Congress The special pursuant to the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. message proposed two new deferrals of budget authori...
Date Feb. 6, 1981 Report No. ID-81-27 Title

International Affairs: Construction and Operation of the Refugee Processing Center in Bataan, the Philippines

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION RELEASED FEBRUARY 6,196l B-199535 The Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr. Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: 114341 Fstruction and Operation of the Refugee Process'ng Center in Bataan, the Philippines (ID-81-27) l? In response to your September 15, 1980, request we have re...
Date Aug. 19, 1980 Report No. ID-80-46 Title

Indochinese Refugees: Protection, Care, and Processing Can Be Improved

II ..1 BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL OF THEUNITEDSTATES ++i+&#;; Report ToThe Congreeks Indochinese Refugees: Protection, Care, And Processing Can Be Improved The continuous exodus of refugees from Communist Indochina in 1979 strained the willingness and the ability of Asian asylum countries to accept refugees and to assist in providing protection and temporary care. GAO reported in 1979 that because o...
Date May 16, 1979 Report No. 109389 Title

International Affairs: Indochina Refugee Assistance Programs

United States General D.C. Accounting 20548 Office loq38q : Washington, FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 11:OO a.m. 1 6 M&Y i97s Statement 3. Kenneth Director, of Fasick Division Office International Accounting The U.S. General Before Subcommittee on Immigration, Committee United States Refugees, and International Law on The Judiciary House of Representatives On /A)~- &J5;z1~? Madam Chairwoman ...
Date April 24, 1979 Report No. ID-79-20 Title

The Indochinese Exodus: A Humanitarian Dilemma

BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL @ *“i Report ToThe Congress -. , 7, OF THEUNITEDSTATES M r.: The Indochinese Exodus: A Humanitarian Dilemma The continuing flow of refugees from Communist Indochina has strained the willingness and ability of Asian asylum countries to provide temporary care for refugees. Refugee camps are overcrowded and inadequate. There is a need for camps where U.N. and voluntary agen...
Date Feb. 22, 1978 Report No. HRD-78-50 Title

Income Security: Number of Newly Arrived Aliens Who Receive Supplemental Security Income Needs To Be Reduced

DOCUKENT RB 01 05318 - rb05855051 Number of Nawly Arrived liens ho eceive Supplemental Secrity Income Needs To Be Reduced. RD-78-50; -164031¢4). ebruary 22, 1978. 21 pp. + 3 appendicei (3 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller 6eneral, Issae Area: Income Security Programs (1300); Income Security Programs: ligibility Determination (1301). Contact: Human Resources Div. Dudget...
Date June 20, 1977 Report No. ID-76-85 Title

International Affairs: U.S. Assistance Provided for Resettling Soviet Refugees

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES U.S. Assistance Provided For Resettling Soviet Refugees Departments of State and Justice The U.S. has spent $155 millicn on programs to resettle Soviet refugees. it far-reaching, ongoing resettlement and absorption programs continue to be authorized, the Congress may want to provide more specific criteria for the use of grant f...
Date June 1, 1976 Report No. ID-76-63 Title

International Affairs: Evacuation and Temporary Care Afforded Indochinese Refugees--Operation New Life

XAt- O~0163 REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ..-. ;o s BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 'OF THE UNITED ST t GE Nt ' ' Evacuation And Temporary Care Afforded Indochinese Refugees-Operation New Life Over an 8-month span, more than 140,000 refugees were moved from war-torn Indochina to peaceful environments in America and third countries. Certain management problems, however, resulted in some excessive costs and pot...
Date June 16, 1975 Report No. ID-75-71 Title

International Affairs: U.S. Provides Safe Haven for Indochinese Refugees

- UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUWTJNG OFFICE CO s LIBRARY SYSTEM U. S. Provides Safe Haven For Indochinese Refugees Department of State and other agencies BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES B-133001 r-r. To the Speaker President of the of the Senate and the House of Representatives flood of refugees into the United States has sparked This intense interest in the Congress and public at la...
Date May 27, 1975 Report No. ID-75-68 Title

International Affairs: Review Of Preliminary Estimates Of Evacuation Costs, Temporary Care, And Resettlement Costs of Vietnamese And Cambodian Refugees

The iionoaable Daniel K. Inouye ChZirmaR, S u ~ c o m i t t e eon fisreign Operations Cormittee on Appropr i a t i o n s Ucited S t s t e s Senate De= #r . Chiriaan: You requested GAO’s immediate r e v i e w of t h e p e l iminary e s t i s a t e s of: evacu3tion c o s t s of V i e t n a m s e refugees e n c l o s w with your l e t t e r of Play 1 3 , 1375, and our a d v i c e as t o t h e i r ...
Date Aug. 8, 1973 Report No. B-179001 Title

International Affairs: Summary of United States Assistance to Jordan

Summary Of United States Assistance To Jordan B-17poo7 Department of State Agency for International Development BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNiTED D.C. 20648 STATE6 B-179001 .“’ i To the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives This Jordan. We made our review pursuant to the Budget and Accounting Act, 192...
Date March 27, 1972 Report No. B-133001 Title

International Affairs: Follow-up Review on Assistance to War Victims in Vietnam

REPORT TO THE S INVESTIGATE PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH REFUGEES AND ESCAPEES COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY ,!. UNITED STATES SENATE @-+-p-j $$&I -/d’q ,i /G+--w lIIIIlllllll~lllllllllallllllIIIIIIIllllll u&l6617 Fol low-Up Review On Assistance To War Victims In V‘ietnam B-133001 Agency for International Department Department of State of Defense Development BY THE COMPTROLLER GEN&RAL OF THE UNITED ST...
Date March 22, 1972 Report No. 092404 Title

Social Services: HEW Policies Concerning the States' Providing Public Assistance to Cuban Refugees

/... .) UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION March 2'2, 1972 Dear Mr. Twiname: We have reviewed the Cuban refugee program administered by your agency within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). On November 3, 1971, we issued a report entitled "Analysis of Federal Expenditures ~o Aid Cuban Refugees" (B-164031(3)), to the Subcommittee to In...
Date Feb. 2, 1972 Report No. B-169832 Title

International Affairs: Problems in the Khmer Republic (Cambodia) Concerning War Victims, Civilian Health, and War-Related Casualties

TO INVESTIGATE PROBLEMS ’ ,’ .J f /1. ..-(3 +q.$-)\ I CONNECTED WIT /? Lf RE~GEE~ AND &S~APEES COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY UNITED STATES SENA!@ LM096677 lillllllillll liillill Ill11 IlllllllJll~ 11111 Problems In The K (Cambodia) Concern Victims, Civilian War-Related Casualties Department of State 8-169832 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES “EB. 2,19?2 0 . . CQMkTROLLER GENERAL WASHI...