機密
CONFIDENTIAL
Subject
1. Legal
Immigration from China
2. Vietnamese
Refugees
Purpose
To monitor legal immigration from China, to reduce the numbers coming for permanent
settlement to an acceptable level and to ensure that two way permit holders return to China.
To discourage refugees from coming to Hong Kong by, among other possibilities, maintaining the 'closed centre' policy, to exercise better control over
open refugee
centres, and to secure the early resettlement of refugees.
SECURITY BRANCH PROGRESS REPORT
1 August 1982 to 31 October 1982
Progress Made and Present Position
The 1982 daily average legal immigration figure to date is 145. Prior to October approximately 75% of permits issued by PRC were one way permits; the percentage for October fell to 56%. The PRC has agreed in principle that two way permit holders who overstay should be returned to China.
a) Further accommodation at the closed
centre at Chi Ma Wan was made available on 25 September 1982 to accommodate new arrivals, thus increasing the capacity of the centre to 3,500. the end of October, 1982, there were 2,506 detained in Chi Ma Wan, plus 709 in other centres.
At
b) 1,642 refugees arrived in Hong Kong
and 1,071 left for overseas resettlement during the quarter. On 31: October 1982, there were 12,731 refugees remaining in Hong Kong.
Next Quarter's Target
To secure Chinese agreement to the details of a scheme for returning two way permit holders at the completion of their visit; to maintain pressure on the Chinese to reduce the numbers of one way permit holders.
a) To monitor the
construction programme for Hei Ling Chau closed centre.
b) To assess the
deterrent effect of the 'closed centre' policy; to press the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)
to speed up resettle- ment.
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