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Memorandum to the Governments of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom Regarding the Protection of Vietnamese Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong

出版	Amnesty International, 1990
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ILGFAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This memorandum reports the findings of an Amnesty International delegation's visit to Hong Kong in November and December, 1989. It examines the human rights of Vietnamese asylum seekers in Hong Kong, paying particular attention to the refugee determination procedure ('screening process') and responding to reports of the ill-treatment of asylum seekers in detention centres. The screening process is found to suffer from several defects such as the lack of legal assistance available to the asylum seekers, inadequate knowledge on the part of some Immigration Officers, lack of competence demonstrated by some interpreters, and shortcomings in the review procedure. The number of 'legal monitors' from UNHCR is too small compared to the case load of 400 interviews a week. Moreover, the detention of asylum seekers has exacerbated these processes by subjecting some asylum seekers to ill-treatment including assault. In the light of these problems, and considering the breadth of allegations, Amnesty International objects to the policy of forcible repatriation of 'screened-out' asylum seekers to Viet Nam, in particular as the latter is a country whose human rights' record remains of concern to Amnesty International. As a consequence of their visit, Amnesty International submits twenty-three recommendations, including: the suspension of forcible repatriation procedures pending remedy of the screening process; provision of adequate legal assistance to asylum seekers; examination of the Hong Kong detention policy; independent review of the conditions in detention centres; public inquiry into the serious specific allegations of ill-treatment; provisions for investigation by UNHCR and for criminal and civil action against the perpetrators of assault.