Number of non-refoulement claimants resettled
Dear Immigration Department,
I would like to know the number of non-refoulement claimants whose claims were substantiated by your Department or the Torture Claims Appeal Board/ the number of asylum seekers whose claims were established by UNHCR before the commencement of the Unified Screening Mechanism who left Hong Kong for resettlement in a country other than a torture or persecution risk State in each of the calendar years from 2009 to 2017.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Annie Li
Research and Policy Officer
Justice Centre Hong Kong
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Dear Ms Li,
Thank you for your email enquiry dated 4 October 2017. Regarding the
matters raised therein, we would revert to you in due course.
Best Regards,
Beatrice Yiu
for Director of Immigration
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most frequently used services provided by the Hong Kong Immigration
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clips have Cantonese voice-over supplemented by Chinese or English
subtitles.
本處檔號: L/M in ImmD RALOS/6-20/3/C
Dear Ms Li,
We refer to your email enquiry dated 4 October 2017 and our interim reply
on 13 October 2017. We need more time to handle your request and we shall
revert to you soon.
Best Regards,
Beatrice Yiu
for Director of Immigration
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本處檔號: L/M in ImmD RALOS/6-20/3/C
Dear Ms Li,
Thank you for your email enquiry dated 4 October 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
[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 Li,
Thank you for your email enquiries of 4 October 2017 and another email of
6 October 2017 enquiring about the number of non-refoulement claimants in
Hong Kong. Further to our interim replies on 13, 25 and 26 October 2017,
our consolidated reply is as follows.
As at end September 2017, among the 9 451 non-refoulement claims
determined under the unified screening mechanism (USM), 79 were
substantiated (including 17 claims substantiated by the Torture Claims
Appeal Board on appeal). Among the claims rejected by the Immigration
Department (ImmD), 5 669 claimants have lodged an appeal or are those who
are within the 14-day time limit for lodging an appeal, 2 538 claimants
have left Hong Kong or are pending removal, and removal arrangement for
the remaining 1 165 claimants will be made in due course. In addition, 24
torture claims were substantiated under the enhanced administrative
mechanism since December 2009 before commencement of the USM. ImmD is not
in a position to provide figures relating to UNHCR’s work, including
resettlement.
The ImmD has committed to remove all unsubstantiated claimants from Hong
Kong as soon as possible. From 2014 to 2016, a total of 1 394
unsubstantiated claimants (including torture claimants before the
commencement of USM) were removed from Hong Kong. In the first 9 months
of 2017, 888 unsubstantiated claimants had been repatriated. The ImmD does
not maintain further breakdown of the statistics by nationalities for the
requested period, while the most common countries for repatriation of
unsubstantiated claimants are from South Asian and Southeast Asian
Regions.
We hope the above information would be useful to you.
Best Regards,
Beatrice Yiu
for Director of Immigration
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From Name : IMMD Department
From Address : [email address]
To : [FOI #202 email]
CC :
Subject : Freedom of Information request – Number of non-refoulement
claimants resettled
Send Time : 25/10/2017 12:31:17
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本處檔號: L/M in ImmD RALOS/6-20/3/C
Dear Ms Li,
We refer to your email enquiry dated 4 October 2017 and our interim reply
on 13 October 2017. We need more time to handle your request and we shall
revert to you soon.
Best Regards,
Beatrice Yiu
for Director of Immigration
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From Name : IMMD Department
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Subject : Freedom of Information request – Number of non-refoulement
claimants resettled
Send Time : 13/10/2017 17:57:06
Body :
本處檔號: L/M in ImmD RALOS/6-20/3/C
Dear Ms Li,
Thank you for your email enquiry dated 4 October 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
[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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