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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1991
GOVT SATISFIES WITH PROCEDURES IN CHECKING DOUBLE BACKERS
PROCEDURES ARE DOUBLE BACKERS PEOPLE, THE LEGISLATIVE
THE GOVERNMENT IS SATISFIED THAT THE PRESENT EFFECTIVE IN IDENTIFYING AND DETECTING THE SO-CALLED FROM THE NEWLY ARRIVED VIETNAMESE BOAT COUNCIL WAS INFORMED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, WELL ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES FOR THE DETECTION THE SO-CALLED DOUBLE BACKERS.
THE HON RITA FAN, THE STATED THAT THERE WERE AND IDENTIFICATION OF
OF
FIRST, MR ASPREY SAID THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAD A CENTRAL REGISTER CONTAINING THE DETAILS, INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS, ALL VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WHO HAD ENTERED HONG KONG ILLEGALLY.
THE
THE CENTRAL REGISTER WAS REGULARLY UPDATED TO REFLECT LATEST CHANGES IN THE VIETNAMESE POPULATION, INCLUDING DETAILS OF THOSE WHO HAD BEEN REPATRIATED TO VIETNAM.
SECONDLY, MR ASPREY SAID UPON DISEMBARKATION AT GREEN ISLAND, ALL VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS WERE SUBJECT TO A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS BY IMMIGRATION AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES OFFICERS WELL EXPERIENCED IN IDENTIFYING DOUBLE BACKERS THROUGH CAREFUL QUESTIONING.
IN THE COURSE OF THESE INTERVIEWS, A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF DOUBLE BACKERS WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH SELF-ADMISSION, DISCLOSURE BY OTHER VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS OR DETECTION BY THE INTERVIEWERS, HE ADDED.
THE SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT WHERE THE INTERVIEWERS HAD DOUBTS OVER THE IDENTITY OF ANY VIETNAMESE MIGRANT, AN EXTENSIVE RECORD CHECK WAS CARRIED OUT ΤΟ ASCERTAIN WHETHER A PARTICULAR VIETNAMESE MIGRANT HAD PREVIOUSLY RETURNED TO VIETNAM THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY REPATRIATION SCHEME.
THE PRESENT THAT A FEW
NOTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS SATISFIED THAT PROCEDURES WERE EFFECTIVE, MR ASPREY SAID IT RECOGNISED MIGHT HAVE ESCAPED DETECTION THROUGH THE USE OF DIFFERENT OR FICTITIOUS NAMES.
"HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THAT THESE WILL BE
SUBSEQUENTLY
IN THE SCREENING PROCESS, HE SAID.
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