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What happens if the Victoria Immigration Centre gets full?
Cape Collinson will be used.
What rights will those detained in the Victoria Immigration Centre have?
Treatment of those detainees are governed by Prison Rules applicable to immigration places of detention. They are entitled to the rights as set out in those rules.
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Will they be allowed to see lawyers?
Yes.
Will it be an offence to harbour an illegal immigrant in Hong Kong?
At present persons who merely harbour an illegal immigrant are not prosecuted, and there is no intention to prosecute anyone who merely harbours an illegal immigrant in future.
Will it be, an offence to aid and abet an immigrant to enter Hong Kong illegally?
Those who aided and abetted illegal immigrants to enter Hong Kong have been prosecuted in the past and they will continue to be.
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