Number of foreign domestic helpers held at Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre

Raquel Amador made this Freedom of Information request to Immigration Department

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Dear Immigration Department,

I am writing to make a data access request about the number of foreign domestic helpers held at Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre. May I know, for each of the years between 2018-20:

a) the detainee population on 31 December of each year and of those how many are foreign domestic helpers

b) the number of detainees admitted in each year and of those how many are foreign domestic helpers

Yours faithfully,

Raquel Amador

Immigration Department

Our Reference: L/M (6) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R)

Dear Mr. RAQUEL AMADOR,

Our department has received your application for access to information on
18.03.2021. 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
06.04.2021.

Thank you for your attention.

Best Regards,

CHEUNG Kai-ho
for Director of Immigration

Immigration Department

Our Reference: L/M (6) in ImmD CIC/6-5/10 (R)

Dear RAQUEL AMADOR,
I refer to your request for access to information on 17 March 2021 and our
interim reply to you on 23 March 2021.  I hereby provide you the following
information.
(a) Detainee population on 31 December of each year at the Castle Peak Bay
Immigration Centre (“CIC”):.

Year 2018 2019 2020
No. of detainees 355 346 248

(b) Number of admissions to the CIC from 2018 to 2020:

Year 2018 2019 2020
No. of admissions 6,277 5,353 3,988

The Immigration Department does not maintain the requested breakdown
information of detainees.

I hope the information is useful to you.

Best Regards,

CHEUNG Kai-ho

for Director of Immigration