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| Some of the women deportees are escorted to a van that took them to the airport |
Hong Kong has sent back 113 non-refoulement claimants over the past week (Jan 12 to 18) after failing to convince local courts to allow them to remain here.
A statement from the Immigration Department said those removed comprised 68 men and 45 women, who mainly came from Vietnam, Indonesia and India.
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They were either illegal immigrants or overstayers who had applied to remain in Hong Kong, claiming they could be tortured, persecuted or even killed if they returned home. Some were recently released from prisons after being convicted of criminal offences.
While Hong Kong does not accept asylum seekers, it does grant non-refoulement or an assurance that someone facing torture or persecution back home would not be forcibly returned.
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But under an updated policy that took effect on Dec. 7, 2022, Immigration was allowed to remove a claimant whose judicial review application has been dismissed by the Court of First Instance.
Immigration said in its statement that it remains committed to stepping up the removal process in collaboration with government of major source countries of non-refoulement claimants, airline companies and other government departments “as soon as practicable through all appropriate measures.”
