Download or read book Memorandum to the Governments of Hong Kong and the United Kingdom Regarding the Protection of Vietnamese Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong written by Amnesty International and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Hong Kong written by Amnesty International USA. and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hong Kong and the Asylum Seekers from Vietnam written by Leonard Davis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leonard Davis gives the background to the 15-year-long saga of Hong Kong and the asylum seekers from Vietnam. In the run-up to 1997 there has been increasing tension associated with the presence of 50,000 Vietnamese men, women and children in Hong Kong. The principal themes of the book cover screening and repatriation, the violence in the detention centres, the plight of children and the urgent need for the international community to be more generous to the refugees.
Download or read book The Invisible Citizens of Hong Kong written by Sophia Suk-mun Law and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 3, 1975, Hong Kong received its first cohort of 3,743 Vietnamese boatpeople. The incident opened a 25-year history that belongs to a larger context of forced migration in modern social history. By researching all possible textual material available, the book provides a comprehensive review of the collective history of the Vietnamese boatpeople. Moreover, it intertwines historical archives with personal drawings created by the Vietnamese living in Hong Kong detention camps, recapping a collective memory with its human face. By interpreting and analyzing these drawings, the author demonstrates the expressive and communicative power of imagery as a form of language, and illustrates how art can tell a personal tragic story when language fails. She unfolds the stories and artworks throughout the whole book with the hope that new insights and meanings can be attained through the conscious review and re-interpretation of the past.
Download or read book Ethnocide A Cultural Narrative of Refugee Detention in Hong Kong written by Joe Thomas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: An ethnographic inquiry into the socio-cultural dynamics of the Vietnamese asylum seeker detention centres in Hong Kong during the period of 1988-1995. It deals essentially with the British asylum policy towards Vietnamese refugees and its outcome in Hong Kong. Based on the author's first hand experience of working in refugee camps, this book argues that the administrators managed to solve the crisis by perpetuating horrendous human rights violations and subsequent ethnocide of the asylum seekers trapped in the detention centres.
Download or read book Protection of Vietnamese Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong Detention Screening and Repatriation written by A. Wagley Gow and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the extent to which the administrative detention of asylum seekers, especially Vietnamese 'boat people', and the methods of refugee status determination and repatriation employed in Hong Kong violate the human rights and fundamental freedoms recognized under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Hong Kong is bound. Similarly, it judges the Government of Hong Kong by the standards of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners, and the Body of Principles on the Protection of all Persons under any Form of Detention or Imprisonment; the author considers these instruments to reflect customary international law as accepted by State practice. After providing a background to the detention of asylum seekers, therefore, the paper analyses the manner in which this policy of detention is implemented, noting detention centres, the conditions of detention and the use of excessive force. It then uses individual case studies as a basis for analysis of the legality of such procedures. The paper moves on to consider the screening process used to determine the status of asylum seekers, citing a range of criticisms from alleged use of a 'quota' system to outright intimidation of refugees when they seek legal advice. The procedures of both voluntary and forced repatriation are examined in depth and particular attention is given to non-volunteer/non-objector repatriation as arising from the September 1990 agreement between the UK, Hong Kong and Viet Nam. Following an analysis of the role played by the UNHCR in all these areas, the paper concludes that the policy of detention, the substantial and well-documented flaws in the status determination procedure and the existence of non-voluntary repatriation represent clear violations of international law including accepted standards of human rights. Moreover, the paper offers several recommendations to be implemented as soon as possible so that these violations in standards do not set precedents for the future situation of human rights in this area, which is seen to be of particular importance given that Hong Kong will become a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in 1997.
Download or read book Inhumane Deterrence written by Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Refugees and Rights written by Mary Crock and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forced migration is both as ancient as human life on earth and a relatively new subject of interest for human rights scholars. This volume continues the discussion from Migrants and Rights to focus attention on refugees, victims of trafficking and others who cross borders seeking protection from anthropogenic or natural disasters. The opening essays provide historical and conceptual overviews of rights to freedom of movement and asylum; and links between human rights and refugee law. Articles on the principle of non-refoulement in international law explore the occasional disjuncture between the individual’s right to protection and the State’s rights to protect its national interests. The refugee’s rights to due process and the substance of entitlements at law are explored in essays that range across administrative processes; social and cultural rights, including family reunion; detention; and the right of return. There follow four essays that address sexual orientation and refugee rights; refugees and disability rights; human rights and persons displaced by climate change disasters; and the rights of victims of human trafficking. The volume concludes with work reflecting on the rights discourse outside of traditional ’Western’ theatres. These cover Africa (Kenya), India, South America (Brazil) and the Asia-Pacific (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea).
Download or read book Refugee Protection and Resettlement Issues Relating to Southeast Asia and Hong Kong written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Human Rights written by Edward H. Lawson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface to the first edition
Download or read book Asian Yearbook of International Law Volume 1 1991 written by Sik Ko Swan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-07-22 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asian Yearbook of International Law is the first publication primarily dedicated to international law as seen from an Asian perspective. It provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law written by experts from the region, and also other articles relating to Asian topics. Its aim is twofold: to promote the dissemination of knowledge of international law in Asia and to provide an insight into Asian views and practices, which will be especially useful to a non-Asian readership. As a rule, each volume of the Asian Yearbook will contain Articles, Notes, State Practice, a Chronicle of Events and Incidents, United Nations Activities with Special Relevance to Asia, a Survey of Activities of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, a Bibliography and a Documents section.
Download or read book Information for Vietnamese Asylum seekers in Hong Kong written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This leaflet has been produced by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to explain arrangements set up by governments in South East Asia as a result of an agreement reached at the International Conference on Indo-Chinese Refugees held in Geneva in June 1990. The leaflet applies to Vietnamese asylum seekers who have arrived in Hong Kong after 15 June 1988. The Government of Hong Kong decided in 1988 that all Vietnamese nationals seeking asylum who arrived after 15 June 1988 would no longer automatically be considered refugees and be elegible for resettlement in other countries. In the general information section of the leaflet there is a description of the Comprehensive Plan of Action adopted in Geneva and the Orderly Departure Programme. In addition, there is reference to the December 1989 agreement between the Government of Viet Nam and UNHCR concerning voluntary repatriation. The second section of the leaflet outlines refugee status determination procedures for Vietnamese in Hong Kong. The steps for asylum seekers are explained from the preliminary registration interview to UNHCR legal consultants, notification of decision, appeals counsellors from the Agency for Voluntary Service (AVS) and review by the Refugee Status Review Board. The final section of the leaflet deals with voluntary repatriation. Answers are given to questions about safety, the role of the UNHCR, the processing of applications and the Voluntary Repatriation Departure Centres.
Download or read book Vietnamese Asylum Seekers written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Asian Yearbook of International Law 1991 written by Ko Swan Sik and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Asian Yearbook of International Law" is the first publication primarily dedicated to international law as seen from an Asian perspective. It provides a forum for the publication of articles in the field of international law written by experts from the region, and also other articles relating to Asian topics. Its aim is twofold: to promote the dissemination of knowledge of international law in Asia and to provide an insight into Asian views and practices, which will be especially useful to a non-Asian readership. As a rule, each volume of the "Asian Yearbook" will contain Articles, Notes, State Practice, a Chronicle of Events and Incidents, United Nations Activities with Special Relevance to Asia, a Survey of Activities of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Committee, a Bibliography and a Documents section.
Download or read book Comprehensive Plan of Action for Indochinese Asylum Seekers written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book International Human Rights Abuses Against Women written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Frontiers of Identity written by Robin Cohen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-02-09 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1994, this book considers one of the enduring themes of social science. How is a national identity forged and sustained? How does it change over time? Who is included in the body politic and who is socially excluded? How do the established population, opinion-makers and politicians react to more marginal people, including long-spurned minorities and recent migrants? This original analysis shows how the British as a people are constantly defined and redefined through their interactions with several ‘frontiers of identity’, namely Celts, expatriates, Americans, Europeans, citizens of the Commonwealth and more crucially with ‘aliens’. The alien-British relationship is particularly loaded with uneasiness, aversion and hostility. ‘Aliens’ a category created by what the author calls ‘the frontier guards’ of British identity, are frequently deported or detained. Their sanctuaries are invaded, their legal and humanitarian claims for asylum minutely examined and often denied. This searching exploration of these processes shows how the meaning of who one is depends crucially on who one rejects. Drawing on a wealth of historical scholarship, research compiled at the time of the original publication and contemporary social theory and now reissued with a new Preface this book exposes the unstated assumptions and hidden meanings in the relationship between the ‘British’ and ‘the others'. It uncovers how the British and their rulers seek to reshape their national identity in a difficult period of post-imperial adjustment, relative economic decline and the European integration of the 1990s. The book will be of use to students of sociology, politics, history and European studies.
