1.   But overt acts of violence against refugee applicants have been less frequent.

2.   But the screening of refugee applicants has become almost perfunctory, according to people who administer the massive program.

3.   Delamere said the new laws would stop refugee applicants extending their stay in New Zealand by contesting their refugee status through the court system.

4.   If they are caught, the U.S. immigration system must process their cases since refugee applicants or people holding visitors visas are not welcome back in Canada.

5.   In Jakarta, the Indonesian government welcomed indications that Australia would seek to turn down some East Timorese refugee applicants on the basis that they were technically Portuguese citizens.

6.   Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman Irawan Abidin said the East Timorese refugee applicants did not have genuine political reasons for seeking refugee status.

7.   U.S. officials want Canada to be stricter in screening and monitoring of refugee applicants.

8.   Under the new rules, a refugee applicant who has been screened out at a place like Galang cannot renew a refugee application in Australia.

9.   Many of them were believed to be scheduled for the next flight back to Vietnam as the government speeds up forced repatriations of rejected refugee applicants.