Expenditure on repatriation

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From: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #908 email]>
To: FOI requests at Immigration Department <[Immigration Department request email]>
Date: 14/12/2021 15:09
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Expenditure on
repatriation

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Dear Immigration Department,

I am writing to make an information request regarding expenditure spent on
repatriation. In the Security Bureau Replies to the Finance Committee on
Estimates of Expenditure 2020-21, the expenditure spent on repatriation of
non-refoulement claimants (p74) and the expenditure spent on total
repatriation is listed (p743) is mentioned. Please see the document in
this link for your reference
([1]https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr19-20/english...).

Based on this document, the expenditure spent on repatriation of rejected
non-refoulement claimants was $45 million in the 2019-20 financial year.
However, the “total expenditure on repatriation” in the same financial
year was $9.6 million. Therefore, I would like to ask,

A) Why does the expenditure spent on repatriation of
rejected non-refoulement claimants exceed the total expenditure on
repatriation?

B) What is the relationship between these two figures?

Thank you for your help.

Yours faithfully,

H. Y. Fung

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Dear H. Y. Fung,
I refer to your request for access to information on 14 December 2021.
Further to our interim reply of 22 December 2021, our reply is provided
as below, please.

The two figures quoted in the question refer to different expenditures.
As indicated in the Security Bureau (SB)’s reply to the question raised
by a Finance Committee Member in examining the Estimates of Expenditure
2020-2021 [Reply Serial No. SB272 (Page 743)], the enquired figure of
$9,650,000 referred to the revised estimates of the total expenditure of
the Immigration Department (ImmD) on repatriation for 2019-2020, including
the relevant travelling expenses, e.g. the air ticket fees.

On the other hand, as stated in SB’s reply to another question raised by a
Finance Committee Member in examining the Estimates of Expenditure
2020-2021 [Reply Serial No. SB013 (Page 74)], the enquired figure of $45
million included only the expenditure on manpower for the repatriation of
non-refoulement claimants and relevant work. As denoted in the same reply,
ImmD deployed dedicated manpower to speed up the repatriation of rejected
claimants to their places of origin since 2019-2020. Other expenditures
were incurred by duties (e.g. arrangement for air tickets and application
for documents), which formed part of ImmD’s overall repatriation work.

I hope the above information is useful to you.

Access to Information Officer
Immigration Department

From: [Immigration Department request email]
To: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #908 email]>
Date: 22/12/2021 09:37
Subject: Request for information under Code on Access to
Information( Application no. ImmD/RM/6-5/10/2021/721(R))

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Dear H.Y.Fung,

Thank you for your email.

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 3 January 2022.
Regards

(Mr. W M Fung)
for Director of Immigration

From: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #908 email]>
To: FOI requests at Immigration Department <[Immigration Department request email]>
Date: 14/12/2021 15:09
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Expenditure on
repatriation

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Dear Immigration Department,

I am writing to make an information request regarding expenditure spent on
repatriation. In the Security Bureau Replies to the Finance Committee on
Estimates of Expenditure 2020-21, the expenditure spent on repatriation of
non-refoulement claimants (p74) and the expenditure spent on total
repatriation is listed (p743) is mentioned. Please see the document in
this link for your reference
([1]https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr19-20/english...).

Based on this document, the expenditure spent on repatriation of rejected
non-refoulement claimants was $45 million in the 2019-20 financial year.
However, the “total expenditure on repatriation” in the same financial
year was $9.6 million. Therefore, I would like to ask,

A) Why does the expenditure spent on repatriation of
rejected non-refoulement claimants exceed the total expenditure on
repatriation?

B) What is the relationship between these two figures?

Thank you for your help.

Yours faithfully,

H. Y. Fung

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Dear H.Y.Fung,

Thank you for your email.

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 2 February 2022.
Regards

(Mr. W M Fung)
for Director of Immigration

From: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #908 email]>
To: Records and Data Management Section <[Immigration Department request email]>
Date: 13/01/2022 10:59
Subject: Re: Request for information under Code on Access to
Information( Application no. ImmD/RM/6-5/10/2021/721(R))

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Dear Immigration Department,

Thank you for your reply and explanation. Based on the explanation given,
may I confirm whether the following is true:

1) The $9,650,000 figure on p743 refers to traveling expenses, such as air
ticket fees, but not staff remuneration

2) The $9,650,000 figure on p743 includes traveling expenses incurred in
repatriation work, including for repatriated rejected non-refoulement
claimants

3) The $45 million figure on p74 refers to staff remuneration but does not
include traveling expenses of the repatriated non-refoulement claimants

Thank you very much for your help with this inquiry.

Yours sincerely,

H. Y. Fung

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Dear H. Y. Fung,

I refer to your request for access to information on 14 December 2021.

Further to our interim reply of 22 December 2021, our reply is provided

as below, please.

The two figures quoted in the question refer to different expenditures.

As indicated in the Security Bureau (SB)’s reply to the question raised

by a Finance Committee Member in examining the Estimates of Expenditure

2020-2021 [Reply Serial No. SB272 (Page 743)], the enquired figure of

$9,650,000 referred to the revised estimates of the total expenditure of

the Immigration Department (ImmD) on repatriation for 2019-2020, including

the relevant travelling expenses, e.g. the air ticket fees.

On the other hand, as stated in SB’s reply to another question raised by a

Finance Committee Member in examining the Estimates of Expenditure

2020-2021 [Reply Serial No. SB013 (Page 74)], the enquired figure of $45

million included only the expenditure on manpower for the repatriation of

non-refoulement claimants and relevant work. As denoted in the same reply,

ImmD deployed dedicated manpower to speed up the repatriation of rejected

claimants to their places of origin since 2019-2020. Other expenditures

were incurred by duties (e.g. arrangement for air tickets and application

for documents), which formed part of ImmD’s overall repatriation work.

I hope the above information is useful to you.

Access to Information Officer

Immigration Department

From: [Immigration Department request email]

To: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #908 email]>

Date: 22/12/2021 09:37

Subject: Request for information under Code on Access to

Information( Application no. ImmD/RM/6-5/10/2021/721(R))

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Dear H.Y.Fung,

Thank you for your email.

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 3 January 2022.

Regards

(Mr. W M Fung)

for Director of Immigration

From: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #908 email]>

To: FOI requests at Immigration Department <[Immigration Department
request email]>

Date: 14/12/2021 15:09

Subject: Freedom of Information request - Expenditure on

repatriation

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Dear Immigration Department,

I am writing to make an information request regarding expenditure spent on

repatriation. In the Security Bureau Replies to the Finance Committee on

Estimates of Expenditure 2020-21, the expenditure spent on repatriation of

non-refoulement claimants (p74) and the expenditure spent on total

repatriation is listed (p743) is mentioned. Please see the document in

this link for your reference

([1][1]https://www.legco.gov.hk/yr19-20/english...).

Based on this document, the expenditure spent on repatriation of rejected

non-refoulement claimants was $45 million in the 2019-20 financial year.

However, the “total expenditure on repatriation” in the same financial

year was $9.6 million. Therefore, I would like to ask,

A) Why does the expenditure spent on repatriation of

rejected non-refoulement claimants exceed the total expenditure on

repatriation?

B) What is the relationship between these two figures?

Thank you for your help.

Yours faithfully,

H. Y. Fung

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Dear H. Y. Fung,
I refer to your request for access to information on 13 January 2022.
Further to our interim reply of 21 January 2022, our reply is provided as
below, please.

Question (1): The $9,650,000 figure on p743 refers to traveling expenses,
such as air ticket fees, but not staff remuneration

Yes, the figure covers expenditures incurred for repatriation work
including travelling expenses, such as air ticket fees, where staff
remuneration is not included.

Question (2): The $9,650,000 figure on p743 includes traveling expenses
incurred in repatriation work, including for repatriated rejected
non-refoulement claimants

Yes, expenditures for repatriation of rejected non-refoulement claimants
are included.

Question (3): The $45 million figure on p74 refers to staff remuneration
but does not include traveling expenses of the repatriated non-refoulement
claimants

Yes.

I hope the above information is useful to you.

Access to Information Officer
Immigration Department

From: Records and Data Management Section <[Immigration Department request email]>
To: "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #908 email]>
Date: 21/01/2022 14:09
Subject: Request for information under Code on Access to
Information( Application no. ImmD/RM/6-5/10/2022/019(R))