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FM HONG KONG 150847Z JUN 82 (AMENDED VERSION) TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 631 OF 15 JUNE
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INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA, HANNO I WASHINGTON
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YOUR TELNO 444 OF 14 JUNE : VIETNAMESE REFUGEES
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CLOSED CAMPS
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TODAY ADVISED THAT WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH THE CLOSED CAMP POLICY. DETAILS ARE SET OUT IN MEMORANDUM XCC(82)74 (A COPY OF WHICH LEFT BY BAG ON 14TH JUNE). SUBJECT TO THE ENACTMENT
OF THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION AND THE APPROVAL OF THE NECESSARY FINANCIAL RESOURCES BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, WE INTEND TO PUT THIS POLICY INTO EFFECT ON 2 JULY 1982. (1ST JULY IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY).
2. BRIEFLY, UNDER THIS POLICY:
(A) CHI MA WAN AND SOME OTHER CORRECTIONAL SERVICES INSTITUTIONS
WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY FOR USE AS CLOSED CAMPS, (B) LEGISLATION WILL BE ENACTED TO PROVIDE THE GOVERNMENT WITH THE NECESSARY POWERS TO ESTABLISH AND MANAGE CLOSED CAMPS AND DETAIN REFUGEES IN THEM,
(C) VIETNAMESE REFUGEES ARRIVING ON, OR AFTER, 2 JULY 1982, AND THOSE CERTIFICATED BY DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION FROM OPEN CAMPS, WILL BE DETAINED IN CLOSED CAMPS,
(D) TO RETAIN ITS RESPONSIBILITY FOR REFUGEES, THE UNHCR WILL BE
GIVEN ACCESS TO ALL REFUGEES SO DETAINED,
(E) REFUGEE FAMILIES WILL BE DETAINED TOGETHER AND NOT SEPARATED,
BUT THIS WILL BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW,
(F) CLOSED CAMPS WILL BE MANAGED BY THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ALONG SIMILAR LINES CURRENTLY APPLIED TO DETAINEES UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, AND
(G) THE UNHCR WILL BE ASKED TO SHARE THE COST OF MAINTAINING REFUGEES IN CLOSED CAMPS.
3. WE SHALL NOW PROCEED AS FOLLOWS:
(A) SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT OF UMELCO, THE BILL ATTACHED TO MEMORANDUM XCC(82)74 WILL, BE GAZETTED ON 18 JUNE WHEN SOME PUBLICITY WILL BE ISSUED,
(B) THE BILL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 32
JUNE WITH A PROPOSAL TO HAVE IT PASS THROUGH ALL STAGES AT ONE MEETING,
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