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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1988
STATUS OF 107 VIETNAMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS DETERMINED
THE GOVERNMENT DETERMINING THE STATUS OF ANOTHER 107 VIETNAMESE ARRIVED IN HONG KONG AFTER JUNE 15 THIS YEAR.
HAS COMPLETED
ITS
SCREENING
PROCEDURES ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO
FOR
OF THE GROUP SCREENED, FOUND TO BE REFUGEES AND HAVE PRIOR TO RESETTLEMENT OVERSEAS.
EIGHT PERSONS IN THREE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO A
GROUPS REFUGEE
WERE CAMP
THE OTHER 99, COMPRISING 20 GROUPS
BE WILL FOUND NOT TO BE REFUGEES. THEY PENDING REPATRIATION TO VIETNAM.
AND 25 INDIVIDUALS, WERE HELD IN
CENTRES DETENTION
ASYLUM SEEKERS
"DETERMINATION NOTICES HAVE BEEN SERVED ON THE BY IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT STAFF," A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID,
"THOSE PEOPLE FOUND NOT TO BE REFUGEES
OF
HAVE BERN ADVISED IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE,
THEIR RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE RESULT UNDER THE AS WELL AS THEIR RIGHT TO LEGAL ADVICE IN PREPARING THEIR OBJECTIONS.
"THE UNHCR WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT IS MADE AVAILABLE TO ALL THOSE WHO NEED IT."
LEGAL ADVICE
SCREENING PROCEDURES WERE DETERMINING REFUGEE THE 1967 PROTOCOL, OF ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE BASED ON THE UNHCR PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA FOR STATUS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE 1951 CONVENTION AND AND TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE SPECIAL SITUATION VIETNAM.
"STAFF OF THE UNHCR WERE PRESENT DURING SOME OF THE AS OBSERVERS, HE SAID.
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PROCEDURES SCREENING SO FAR,
HAVE
BEEN
INTERVIEWS
438 400 WERE
COMPLETED FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS. OF THEM, 38 WERE FOUND TO BE REFUGEES WHILE FOUND NOT TO BE REFUGEES.
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