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Human rights

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of

Kong

the on

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could seek

In the absence of a screening procedure, a VBP

judicial review of a decision by the Director

Immigration to refuse him permission to remain in Hong

grounds that he was a genuine refugee.

To

a

repatriate

contravention

Covenant

on

Civil

and

proposed

should be

a refugee against his will, however, could be

of Article 7 of the International

Political Rights which it is

included in a Hong Kong Bill of

Rights.

Proposed Strategy for 1990

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A central

objective

has

been

to deter boat

of the Government's policy

people from

from travelling

Vietnam to Hong Kong. Experience over recent years has

led us to conclude that it is only the repatriation of

non-refugees which will make it clear to potential boat

people in Vietnam that there is no point in travelling to

Hong Kong in search of resettlement. Ending first asylum

arrangements

for

large scale

repatriation

is

without

unlikely to be a fully effective deterrent. We believe,

moreover,

that mandatory repatriation

will

not

only

complement but will also stimulate voluntary repatriation

a

process

the which

Government

should

continue to

support wholeheartedly.

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