already runs a voluntary repatriation program. which has resettled about 7.000 boat people in Vietnam since March 1989. And it has long urged Vietnamese to leave their country only under the Orderly Departure Program. Indeed. 57.000 Vietnamese emigrated tl:.ough the ODP last year. The ODP. hr...". er. is no alternative for those who fear retribution from the authorities. Take the case of Hoa. a former interpreter for the U.S. Army. who applied to emigrate under the ODP in early 1988. Shortly after he was given an ODP case number. local authorities crossed his name off the household registration list. thus denying him access to rationed staples and restricting his freedom of movement. He was forced to hide every few days when officials searched his home for illegal occupants.
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