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FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1993
EARLY RETURN OF VIIS FROM CHINA URGED
THE POLITICAL ADVISER, MR WILLIAM EHRMAN, TODAY (FRIDAY)
RETURN OF THE MORE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EARLY CHINA 500 EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS) WHO IN HONG KONG DURING THE PAST MONTH.
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MR EHRMAN ASKED OFFICIALS OF THE NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY TO ON HIM TO HEAR OF THE GROWING CONCERN IN HONG KONG AT THE HIGH RATE OF ECVII
AND OF THE NEED FOR URGENT ACTION TO RETURN ARRIVALS CHINA WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN SETTLED FOR MANY YEARS.
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TWO CAMPS TO HOLD EX-CHINESE VIET IIS
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT BOTH THE KAI TAK VIETNAMESE MIGRANT TRANSIT CENTRE AND CHI MA WAN DETENTION CENTRE (LOWER CAMP) HAD BEEN DESIGNATED AS PLACES OF DETENTION FOR THE EX- CHINESE VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS (ECVIIS) UNDER SECTION 35(1) OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE RECENT UPSURGE IN THE NUMBER OF ECVIIS ARRIVING IN HONG KONG NECESSITATED THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL
ACCOMMODATION.
"UNDER THE PRESENT LAW, ECVIIS ARE REGARDED AS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THERE IS THEREFORE A NEED TO PROVIDE SEPARATE ACCOMMODATION FOR THEM.
"TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AND OVERCROWDING AT THE GREEN ISLAND RECEPTION CENTRE, THE GROUND FLOOR OF KAI TAK VIETNAMESE MIGRANT TRANSIT CENTRE WHICH HAS BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A SHORT-TERM MEASURE TO PROVIDE CONTINGENT ACCOMMODATION FOR THE ECVIIS.
"IN PARALLEL, WE HAVE ALSO ADVANCED THE EMPTYING OF THE CHI MA DETENTION CENTRE (LOWER CAMP) IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE ADDITIONAL ECVIIS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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THE FIRST BATCH OF AROUND 200 ECVIIS ARE TO BE TRANSFERRED THE KAI TAK CENTRE TODAY. THE REMAINDER WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO CHI MA WAN DETENTION CENTRE (LOWER CAMP) WHEN THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS CURRENTLY ACCOMMODATED THERE ARE TRANSFERRED ΤΟ THE HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE LATE NEXT WEEK.
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