INF 581
Translation
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KJ
29 October 1992
Comment no 5 to proposal for amendment to the Aliens Act
Right to residence for Hong Kong citizens
In the Minister of Justice's proposal for a new Danish policy on aliens, attention was drawn to the possibility of a certain controlled immigration to Denmark of certain aliens which Denmark should receive for special reasons although they are not refugees and do not meet the conditions set up for re-unification of families.
The consideration given to the possibility of granting residence permits to a number of Hong Kong citizens and their close family is mentioned as an example.
The question is due to a request by a number of Danish companies with branches in Hong Kong, who with reference to Hong Kong reverting to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, have raised the question with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs whether it would be possible for Denmark to secure the Danish companies sufficient qualified local senior employees in the time up to 1997. In this connection, reference was made to the special arrangements to retain the senior employees in their companies already made or being made by other countries.
It is decisive to the senior employees and their families to have a guarantee that residence and work permits will be granted in Denmark if they are to leave Hong Kong. The possibility that the group of senior employees will stay in Hong Kong in their present position would thus be strengthened by the guarantee that they can be granted residence and work permits in Denmark should conditions change dramatically in Hong Kong.
In this situation, such residence and work permits would be issued in pursuance of section 9(2)3 of the Aliens Act.
On the basis of the present general stop to immigration, it is a prerequisite for the establishment of a special scheme for the group of Hong Kong citizens that the number of persons affected by the scheme is limited to include only central senior employees of the companies in question. Furthermore, the Danish company concerned must undertake to employ the persons concerned for several years.
Therefore, a scheme should be implemented already now under which the group of central senior employees and their families are offered the possibility of one-year multiple-entry visas. In this way the people in question are secured entry into Denmark whenever they want to. Furthermore the people concerned should be informed that they will be granted residence and work permits in Denmark provided that their employer can find work for them here and the Ministry of Industry estimates that their business positions are such as to justify the granting of residence and work permits.
In practice the scheme may be implemented by letting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Consulate General in Hong Kong prepare lists of the senior employees and their families eligible for the scheme on the basis of information received
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