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residence. Our firm policy is that refugees should be resettled through international efforts and non-refugees should be repatriated.

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British side's alternative formulation enable children born in Hong Kong to Vietnamese refugees and boat people to acquire the right of abode in the HKSAR?

No. The only category of offspring to Vietnamese refugees who have the right of abode in Hong Kong are those born here to Vietnamese refugee parents before 1 January 1983. No/no children born to Vietnamese refugees and boat people after that date will have the right of abode in Hong Kong. Such offspring, like their parents, are not regarded as ordinarily resident in Hong Kong and will thus not/not be covered by paras. 2(4) and 2 (5) of Article 24 of the draft BL, regardless of whether

British side's alternative formulation is adopted.

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