Dear H. Y. Fung,
                 
I refer to your email of 12 May 2022 and the request, concerning the same
information, referred by the Social Welfare Department on 17 May 2022 upon
your consent.

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 1 June 2022.

Regards

(Mr S T Lam)
for Director of Immigration

From:        "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #1088 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Immigration Department <[Immigration Department request email]>
Date:        12/05/2022 11:50
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Data on sections of IO
migrant children at TMCJH are held under

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Dear Immigration Department,

I am writing to make an information request regarding purposes / reasons
of detention of migrant children (ie. non-local children) held at Tuen Mun
Children and Juvenile Home (“TMCJH”). May I know,

I) Is statistical information maintained on what section of the
Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115) children at TMCJH are held under (for
example, as a subcategory of end of month population, yearly admissions,
etc)?  For example, children who are held under Section 31 (Detention of
deportee for inquiries) or Section 32 (Detention pending removal or
deportation), and so on.

II) Further, is information maintained on how many migrant children held
at TMCJH have their parents / carers in Hong Kong or whether they are
unaccompanied in Hong Kong?

If this information is not maintained by the Immigration Department,
please kindly suggest which department might be relevant. I have
previously contacted the Social Welfare Department (please see here:
[1]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/migrant...), however
they have indicated this information was not under their possession.

Any relevant information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much
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 12 May 2022.  Further
to our interim reply of 20 May 2022, please be informed that this
department does not maintain the statistics and information you requested.

Access to Information Officer
Immigration Department

From:        RM/IMMD/HKSARG
To:        "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #1088 email]>
Date:        20/05/2022 10:24
Subject:        Request for information under Code on Access to
Information( Application no. ImmD/RM/6-5/10/2022/212(R))

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Dear H. Y. Fung,
                 
I refer to your email of 12 May 2022 and the request, concerning the same
information, referred by the Social Welfare Department on 17 May 2022 upon
your consent.

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 1 June 2022.

Regards

(Mr S T Lam)
for Director of Immigration

From:        "H. Y. Fung" <[FOI #1088 email]>
To:        FOI requests at Immigration Department <[Immigration Department request email]>
Date:        12/05/2022 11:50
Subject:        Freedom of Information request - Data on sections of IO
migrant children at TMCJH are held under

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Immigration Department,

I am writing to make an information request regarding purposes / reasons
of detention of migrant children (ie. non-local children) held at Tuen Mun
Children and Juvenile Home (“TMCJH”). May I know,

I) Is statistical information maintained on what section of the
Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115) children at TMCJH are held under (for
example, as a subcategory of end of month population, yearly admissions,
etc)?  For example, children who are held under Section 31 (Detention of
deportee for inquiries) or Section 32 (Detention pending removal or
deportation), and so on.

II) Further, is information maintained on how many migrant children held
at TMCJH have their parents / carers in Hong Kong or whether they are
unaccompanied in Hong Kong?

If this information is not maintained by the Immigration Department,
please kindly suggest which department might be relevant. I have
previously contacted the Social Welfare Department (please see here:
[1]https://accessinfo.hk/en/request/migrant...), however
they have indicated this information was not under their possession.

Any relevant information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much
for your help.

Yours faithfully,

H. Y. Fung

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This is a request under the Code of Access to Information facilitated via
the accessinfo.hk website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[FOI #1088 email]

Is [Immigration Department request email] the wrong address for Freedom of Information requests to
Immigration Department? If so, please contact us using this form:

[2]https://accessinfo.hk/en/change_request/...

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