EX-CHINA VIETNAMESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
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During the summer there has been an influx into Hong Kong of ethnic Chinese, originally from Vietnam, who have been
settled in China following the Sino-Vietnamese war of 1979.
These people are known in Hong Kong as Ex-China Vietnamese
Illegal Immigrants (ECVIIs). As their name implies, having been settled in China they are not regarded by international law as
being refugees. The Hong Kong Government therefore treats them
as they would other illegal immigrants from China. Agreement has been reached with the Chinese Government that, after their
identities have been checked, they should be returned to China
by land or by sea as appropriate, with costs being shared
between the Chinese and Hong Kong Governments. To date over 2,300 ECVIIs have arrived in Hong Kong this year. 130 have been
returned to China. More will be returned soon.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
5 October 1993
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