Higher Education for non-refoulement claimants

Carissa Tsang made this Freedom of Information request to Education Bureau

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Dear Education Bureau,

Please could you provide the following information.

1. Information on current policies pertaining to non-refoulement claimants who hope to seek higher education in Hong Kong

2. A yearly breakdown on the number of discretionary student visas granted for non-refoulement claimants to attend higher education in Hong Kong from 2014 - 2020

Yours faithfully,

Carissa Tsang

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Education Bureau

Dear Carissa,
Code on Access to Information
Application No. 83/2020
I refer to your application under the Code on Access to Information
received on 3 November 2020.

In general, non-refoulement claimants holding Recognizance Forms are
treated as non-local students for the purpose of admission to
post-secondary programmes.  Under the principles of academic freedom and
institutional autonomy, post-secondary institutions in Hong Kong can
decide on their own arrangements for admission.

The Education Bureau does not have information on the number of
non-refoulement claimants attending post-secondary programmes in Hong
Kong.

Yours sincerely,

Miss Suki CHEUK
for Secretary for Education

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From:        Carissa Tsang <[FOI #521 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Education Bureau <[Education Bureau request email]>
Date:        03/11/20 10:55
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Higher Education for
non-refoulement claimants

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Dear Education Bureau,

Please could you provide the following information.

1. Information on current policies pertaining to non-refoulement claimants
who hope to seek higher education in Hong Kong

2. A yearly breakdown on the number of discretionary student visas granted
for non-refoulement claimants to attend higher education in Hong Kong from
2014 - 2020

Yours faithfully,

Carissa Tsang

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