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in effect watertight.
DSR 11C
5. The arguments against extending an undertaking to
destitute
repatriate BN (0) passport holder to Hong Kong after
30 June 1996 are first that we should be setting an
is that
unwelcome precedent. [Repatriation is not a statutory right
and is only conceded as a last resort; to start repatriating
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hat British passport holders to a foreign country would be a
radical departure from established practice and we might.
find it difficult to defend ourselves against claimants
for similar treatment elsewhere. But Hong Kong could be
represented as a special case.
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would be likely to have an unsettling affect on
other EN(ods in Hall and so would be
politically daming in many
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6.
Secondly, we should, in effect, have to rely on the
goodwill and probity of the repatriate to repay his debt
to HMG, since we could neither instruct the Chinese SAR
immigration authorities to confiscate his/her passport on
entry nor request the Chinese Government to pursue the debt
be spending
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on our behalf. We show therefore her expenditure tax payers Mong with
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may have a little prospect of recoveral. Pursual through
the Chinese courts would, in effect, be our only option and
one likely to be costly as well as unsuccessful and—
Since there is no way of
possibly damaging politically.
knowing how may BN (0)s might apply for repatriation to
Hong Kong after 30 June 1997 or from which parts of the
world they might seek repatriation, we should be entering
into an open-ended commitment with unforeseeable consequences > But in practice very few
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7. And thirdly, there is a consideration with humainitarian
implications which could unwittingly bring unwelcome media
publicity upon our heads. There are plenty of Hong Kong
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