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Singapore, there are no other first asylum
territories nearby and boat people would be
unlikely to turn back to Vietnam after
having been refused entry to Hong Kong.
Many, perhaps most, would simply keep
trying to enter Hong Kong,while others
might deliberately sink their boats. Apart
from humanitarian considerations, there
must
be serious doubts
would be possible to
policy in practice.
as to whether it
implement such a
of the practical
(b) Ending screening. Many
difficulties outlined in (a) above could be
avoided by simply
by simply ending screening. New
arrivals would be warned that they would be
refused refugee status without screening
and returned to Vietnam.
wished to enter Hong Kong
If they still
they would be
held
in
a detention
repatriation could be
centre
arranged.
until
In
essence, this would amount to a reversal of
the 1979 Geneva Conference approach of
automatically granting refugee status.
Boat people from
Vietnam would be treated
i
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