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As the flood of immigrants continued all available police were moved to the border area to apprehend them and return them to China. In a policy speech later the Colonial Secretary was to state: 'Nothing could wreck both our plans and our achievements more rapidly or certainly than a further flood of immigrants.' Kindness was the keynote of the operation. Immigrants were taken first to a camp at Fanling (left) where they were given a meal (above). Later they were returned by train to the border at Lo Wu (below). There were many children among the immigrants.