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GUVERNMENT HUUSE
HUNG KUNG
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CONFIDENTIAL
ARGUMENT
機密
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(A) vetention rending screening and Pending Repatriation
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where
(Chapter
These judicial reviews have highlighted areas
the provisions of the Immigration Ordinance
115)
may be open to further challenge.
In the
judgment on the Habeas Corpus case, the judge commented
waiting time for screening of about two years
that the
detained".
was "an inordinately long period of time for people to be
Later the judge added that "Hong Kong may
well have a heavy burden thrust upon it by virtue of its
international obligation to accept refugees, but, in my
judgment, if detention is under Section 13 (D), then a
of 18 period
waiting time for screening is about two years and, given
months is
unreasonable".
The
average
the
lack
of
additional
Government and
forward by
asylum
resources available
to
the
the growing complexity of the stories put
seekers during their screening
interviews, this waiting time is not likely to shorten.