Former migrant domestic workers making non-refoulement claims

Annie Li made this Freedom of Information request to Immigration Department

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Dear Immigration Department,

I would like to know in each of the years from 2014 to 2017, the number of non-refoulement claims made by former migrant domestic workers (ie individuals who had been issued a Foreign Domestic Helper visa by your Department), disaggregated by gender and nationality. I would also like to know how many of these claims have been substantiated.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Annie Li
Research and Policy Officer
Justice Centre Hong Kong

Immigration Department

Our ref. : L/M in ImmD RALOS/6-20/3/C

Dear Ms Li,

Thank you for your email dd 15 June 2017.  Regarding the matters raised
therein, we would revert to you in due course.

Best Regards,

Beatrice Yiu
for Director of Immigration

To learn more about the application requirements and procedures of the
most frequently used services provided by the Hong Kong Immigration
Department, you are welcome to visit the Easy Access Playlist
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clips have Cantonese voice-over supplemented by Chinese or English
subtitles.

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Immigration Department

本處檔號: L/M in ImmD RALOS/6-20/3/C

 

Dear Ms Li,

 

We refer to your application for access to information of 15 June 2017 and
our interim reply on 24 June 2017.  We need more time to handle your
request and we shall revert to you soon.

 

 

Best Regards,

Beatrice Yiu

for Director of Immigration

To learn more about the application requirements and procedures of the
most frequently used services provided by the Hong Kong Immigration
Department, you are welcome to visit the Easy Access Playlist
[1]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...
at Hong Kong Immigration Department YouTube Channel. The concerned video
clips have Cantonese voice-over supplemented by Chinese or English
subtitles.

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Immigration Department

本處檔號: L/M in ImmD RALOS/6-20/3/C

 

Dear Ms Li,

 

Thank you for your email enquiry dated 15 June 2017.  Further to our
interim replies dated 24 June 2017 and 5 July 2017, I provide below the
information as requested: -

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Year | No. of non-refoulement claims lodged by |
| | |
| | former foreign domestic helpers since USM |
|---------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
| 2014 | |
| | 749 |
| (Mar to Dec) | |
|---------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
| 2015 | 481 |
|---------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
| 2016 | 520 |
|---------------------+--------------------------------------------------|
| 2017 | |
| | 171 |
| (till end of May) | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

Since the implementation of USM and until end of May 2017, there is one
substantiated claim lodged by former foreign domestic helper.  Please note
that we do not maintain the statistics breakdown for other categories as
requested.     

 

Best Regards,

 

Beatrice Yiu

for Director of Immigration

 

 

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Subject : Freedom of Information request – Former migrant domestic workers
making non-refoulement claims
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本處檔號: L/M in ImmD RALOS/6-20/3/C

 

Dear Ms Li,

 

We refer to your application for access to information of 15 June 2017 and
our interim reply on 24 June 2017.  We need more time to handle your
request and we shall revert to you soon.

 

 

Best Regards,

Beatrice Yiu

for Director of Immigration

To learn more about the application requirements and procedures of the
most frequently used services provided by the Hong Kong Immigration
Department, you are welcome to visit the Easy Access Playlist
[1]https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...
at Hong Kong Immigration Department YouTube Channel. The concerned video
clips have Cantonese voice-over supplemented by Chinese or English
subtitles.

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Dear Ms. Yiu,
Thanks very much for the data.
Yours sincerely,
Annie Li