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VMs from Whitehead Detention Centre to be transferred
About 550 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) will be transferred from Section 4 of the Whitehead Detention Centre (WHDC) to Victoria Prison (VP) today (Wednesday) in preparation for their return to Vietnam under the Orderly Repatriation Programme.
They will join another group of about 50 VMs who are already in VP for pre- flight documentation and medical checks. The total of about 600 VMs will be repatriated to Vietnam in five flights in July.
Meanwhile, some 450 VMs had been transferred from Section 4 to Sections 5 and 6 of WHDC yesterday, and another some 650 will be transferred to High Island Detention Centre (HIDC) today. After these transfers, Section 4 of WHDC will be vacated.
The transfer to VP and HIDC will be observed by independent monitors.
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VMs transferred in dual operation at Whitehead
An operation was carried out smoothly today (Wednesday) to transfer 547 Vietnamese migrants (VMs) from the Whitehead Detention Centre (WHDC)' to Victoria Prison, pending their return to Vietnam under the Orderly Repatriation Programme, and to relocate nearly 500 VMs to the High Island Detention Centre (HIDC).
They are all residents of Section 4 of WHDC. Some 450 VMs were transferred from this section to other sections in the centre yesterday.
The VMs began packing their belongings early this morning after the names of those to be repatriated were announced at 7am. Simultaneously, it was announced that about 490 VMs would be transferred to HIDC and about 150 would be relocated in two other sections at WHDC.