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(a) section 13A(1) (detention of refugees) :
this allows us to detain Vietnamese
refugees in refugee centres and is
inconsistent with Article 8 (1) of the
BOR. We propose deleting the part
of section 13A (1) relating to detention,
effectively dismantling the closed camp
(b)
policy in respect of refugees.
Genuine
refugees have not been detained since
June 1988, when we liberalised the
closed camps after introducing
screening -
Reintroducing measures to
detain refugees now would, we believe,
be impracticable;
: those
sections 13A(6) and 13A (6A)
permit us to detain Vietnamese refugee
'troublemakers' in refugee centres or to
vary their conditions of stay. We
propose deleting these provisions for
the reasons in (a) above. Genuine
Note (4) :
Article 8(1) reads: "Everyone lawfully
within Hong Kong shall, within Hong
Kong, have the right to liberty of
movement and freedom to choose his
residence".
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(c)