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CT WOOD ESQ.. HONG KONG GOVT SECT. CHANCERIES: BANGKOK, WASHINGTON, MANILA, UKMIS NEW YORK
JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE UKREP BRUSSELS
ATHENS, BONN, BRUSSELS CANBERRA, OTTAWA, ATHENS, BONN,
COPENHAGEN, DUBLIN, LUXEMBOURG, PARKS, ROME, THE HAGUE, MADRID,
MADRID, LISBON
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1. THE FOLLOWING IS A REPORT, PARA 3 (A - G) BELOW, WRITTEN BY HEAD OF CHANCERY FOLLOWING HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH UNHCR AND COLLEAGUES IN THE FOREIGN MISSIONS DIRECTLY INTERESTED IN THE OPD PROGRAMME.
SUMMARY
2. 1985 UK ODP DEPARTURE TOTALS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN ON 1984. SO WERE MANY OTHER WESTERN EUROPEAN ODPS. THE WEST EUROPEANS (INCLUDING UK) MAY NOW EXPERIENCE A FURTHER 30 PERCENT REDUCTION WHILE BLOCKAGES TO THE US, CANADIAN AUSTRALIAN AND FRENCH PROGRAMMES ARE LIKELY. TOGETHER WITH THE CURRENT LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR RAPID IMPROVEMENT IN STANDARDS OF LIVING WITHIN VIETNAM, INCREASED FRUSTRATION ON THE PART OF THOSE ON THE ODP WAITING LIST PROBABLY MEANS THAT ILLEGAL BOAT DEPARTURES FROM VIETNAM ARE UNLIKELY TO DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY SO LONG AS SUCH DEPARTURES ARE SEEN AS PROVIDING A QUICKER ACCESS TO A BETTER LIFE ABROAD.
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1985 UK ODP DEPARTURES FIGURES WERE SOME 45 PERCENT LOWER THAN N 1984. DURING THE YEAR UNHCR WERE TOLD THAT THE VIETNAMESE WERE GIVING PRIORITY TO THE US ODP. WHILE THERE WAS A DECLINE *IN DEPARTURES NOT ONLY TO THE IK BUT ALSO TO OTHER WEST EUROPEAN RECEPHENT COUNTRIES, THE OVERALL NUMBER REMAINED AT THE SAME LEVEL AS FOR 1984 (IF NOT SLIGHTLY HIGHER) BECAUSE OF DEPARTURES TO THE USA.
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