we
to detain
consider
all
it essential to maintain our powers
arrivals from Vietnam pending screening,
and, in the case of those screened out, pending
repatriation.
TO surrender this power would reduce the
deterrent effect of Qur policy and would undermine
immigration controls оп persons who have landed in Hong
Kong unlawfully but who in practice cannot be removed
without their own cooperation.
not eligible people
considerable public order
local community.
that
It
The free movement of
for refugee status would create
problems and would alarm the
is necessary to minimize the risk
Vietnamese migrants can successfully challenge their
detention on the basis of the period during which they
It is proposed
this by
have regard to all the
circumstances, including the number of persons being
have
detained. been
directing
the
courts
to
do to
or not
a period
of
detained, when
whether deciding
detention is reasonable. This will prevent a court from
ruling that it need only
consider each
isolation from the practical difficulties.
detention in