Detainees at CIC in 2021
Dear Immigration Department,
I am writing to make a data access request regarding immigration detainees held in Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre (CIC). May I know, in 2021:
A) The yearly admittance to CIC, broken down by:
i) gender (male, female, transgender)
ii) nationality (please specify each country)
iii) age or age groups
iv) immigration status (including non-refoulement claimants, overstayers, persons refused entry, and other categories as applicable)
B) The yearly release from CIC
C) The average daily population in CIC
If the information could be provided in a CSV or Excel format, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you very much for your help.
Kind regards,
H. Y. Fung
Our Reference: L/M (11) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.7
Dear H.Y. Fung,
Our department has received your application for access to information on
24.11.2022. Your application is now under processing. According to
paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, our department will
inform you of the latest progress of the case separately on or before
14.12.2022.
Should you have any enquiries, please contact the undersigned via this
email.
Best Regards,
CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration
Our Reference: L/M (11) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.7
Dear H.Y. Fung,
Further to our interim reply on 02.12.2022, I am writing to inform you
that your application for Access to Information is still under processing,
as more time is required to gather and consolidate the information
requested in your application (if any). According to paragraph 1.18 of the
Code on Access to Information, our department will inform you of the
latest progress of the case separately on or before 28.12.2022.
Should you have any enquiries, please contact the undersigned via this
email.
Best Regards,
CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration
Our Reference: L/M (11) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R) Pt.7
Dear H.Y. Fung,
I refer to your request for access to information on 24 November 2022 and
our interim replies to you on 2 and 14 December 2022. I hereby provide
you with the following information.
A) Number of admissions to the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre (“CIC”)
in 2021 with breakdown by:-
i) Gender
Gender No. of admissions
Male 1,667
Female 1,399
Total 3,066
Among the 3,066 admissions, there was 1 admission of transgender detainee to the
CIC from September to December 2021. The Immigration Department (“ImmD”) does
not maintain the number of admissions of transgender detainees to the CIC before
September 2021.
ii) Country/ Region
Country/ Region 2021
(Since September 2021)
Australia 1
Bangladesh 46
Bolivia 1
Britain 1
Bulgaria 1
Canada 2
Colombia 8
Congo (Democratic Republic of) 1
Egypt 1
France 1
Gambia 4
Germany 1
Ghana 2
Guinea 5
India 81
Indonesia 109
Japan 2
Kenya 4
Korea 5
Macao Special Administrative Region 2
Mainland China 420
Malaysia 1
Mexico 1
Mongolia 5
Mozambique 2
Nepal 20
Niger 1
Nigeria 5
Pakistan 59
Philippines 60
Poland 1
South Africa 1
Sri Lanka 5
Tanzania 11
Thailand 14
Tonga 1
Tunisia 1
Uganda 5
Vietnam 123
Zimbabwe 1
Total 1,015
The ImmD does not maintain the number of admissions to the CIC with breakdown by
country/ region before September 2021.
For iii) and iv), the ImmD does not maintain the requested breakdown
information.
B) Number of release from the CIC in 2021: 3,031
C) Average daily detainee population at the CIC in 2021: 268
I hope the information is useful to you.
Best regards,
NG Hon-sum
for Director of Immigration
