ادا
GUVERNMENT HUUSE HUNG KUNG
1
3-22 11:08
CONFIDENTIAL
ว
機密
PHGE 04
vietnamese
asylum
seekers arriving in Hong Kong
after 16 June 1988 are detained pending determination of
their status. Given the large number of arrivals and the
resources made available for the task, asylum seekers
must wait on average two years before they are screened,
If they are determined not to be refugees, they are
subsequently detained pending repatriation to Vietnam.
vietnamese asylum seekers have the right of
access to legal assistance in Hong Kong and have now
begun to challenge aspects of these arrangements through
the Courts.
In one case, a group of asylum seekers,
interrupted in their journey to Japan in 1989, sought and
were granted a writ of
November 1990.
pending screening
In this
was
Habeas Corpus in a judgment in
case, the length of detention
questioned by the Court and doubt
was thereby cast on the Government's powers of detention
in other cases.
the
A further judicial review challenges
Government's power to transfer asylum seekers between
detention centres and seeks to establish that delegated
authority has
not been
will resume in April.
properly
exercised.
This case