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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51.
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 772 OF 16 JUNE
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REGISTRY
Action Taken
INFC ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON PEKING
IMMIGRATION (UNAUTHORIZED ENTRANTS) ORDER.
LAST YEAR THE ABOVE ORDER WAS INTRODUCED AS PART OF A SERIES OF MEASURES DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE NEW SANCTIONS
UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE AGAINST ORGANIZED TRAFFICKING : IN REFUGEES FROM VIETNAM (DAVIES' LETTER OF 16 JULY 1979 TO
MCLAREN, NOT COPIED TO PEKING). THE 1979 ORDER ALSO DECLARED PERSONS RESIDENT IN OR FORMERLY RESIDENT IN MACAU TO BE
''UNAUTHORIZED ENTRANTS'', SINCE GREATER SANCTIONS WERE ALSO
REQUIRED AGAINST SYNDICATES ORGANIZING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM
MACAU. AT THAT TIME WE DECIDED NOT TO USE THESE NEW POWERS
TO TACKLE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
2. WITH THE GROWING SCALE OF SYNDICATES ORGANIZING ILLEGAL
IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA, OFTEN USING HIGH SPEED MOTOR BOATS, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS NOW DECIDED THAT THE EXISTING
LEGISLATION SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO COVER TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA. CONSEQUENTLY THE ''IMMIGRATION (UNAUTHORIZED
ENTRANTS) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1980'' WILL BE GAZETTED ON 20. JUNE
AND TAKE EFFECT FROM THAT DATE. THIS AMENDS PARAGRAPH 2 OF THE 1979 ORDER BY INSERTING AFTER SUB-PARAGRAPH 1(A) THE FOLLOWING: - ''(AA) ALL PERSONS WHO LEAVE, OR SEEK TO LEAVE, CHINA FOR HONG KONG WHEN NOT IN POSSESSION OF DOCUMENTS ISSUED IN CHINA
PERMITTING THEM TO DO SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF CHINA!''
3. WE HAVE GIVEN THE NONA A COPY OF THE NEW ORDER AND EXPLAINED THE
BACKGROUND TO IT, DRAWING ON A DRAFT PRESS RELEASE (TEXT BY BAG) WHICH WILL BE ISSUED ON 20 JUNE. THEY EXPRESSED FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO COMBAT SYNDICATED
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
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SIR.D. MAITLAND
MR DONALD
THIS TELEGRAM
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