Quick Facts

Detention sites: 12 (2009)

Reported single-day pop.: 387 (18 July 2008)

Asylum Seekers: 94 (end 2007)

Detention for deportation inquiry: max. 28 days

Detention pending deportation: no time limit

Deported and/or removed: 1,178 (FY 2007-2008)

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Last updated: June 2009

Hong Kong Detention Profile

Map of "In Use" Detention Sites

For more detailed information, see the complete List of Detention Sites.

 

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  1. Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre
  2. Chi Ma Wan Correctional Institution (Chi Ma Wan Detention Centre)
  3. Green Island Reception Centre
  4. Hong Kong Airport Detention Quarters
  5. Immigration Tower (Wanchai Tower II)
  6. Lai Chi Kok Correctional Institution
  7. Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre
  8. Ma Tau Kok Detention Centre
  9. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Custodial Ward
  10. Queen Mary Hospital Custodial Ward
  11. San Uk Ling Holding Centre (San Uk Ling Immigration Clearance Centre)
  12. Tuen Mun Children and Juvenile Home

 

Sources
(This is only a partial list. More detailed information is available upon request.)

  • Department of Justice (Hong Kong). Website. “Ordinances of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China.” Available on the website of the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute. http://www.hklii.org/ (accessed 10 June 2009).
  • Department of Justice (Hong Kong). Website. “Regulations of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China.” Available on the website of the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute. http://www.hklii.org/ (accessed 10 June 2009).
  • Hong Kong Correctional Services. Website. "Individual Institutions." Page last updated 12 June 2009. http://www.csd.gov.hk/english/ins/ins_ind/ins_ind.html (accessed 15 June 2009).
  • Hong Kong Government. Hong Kong Yearbook 2007. Information services department, Civil Service Bureau, HKSAR Government. Document code: F30010800E0 http://www.yearbook.gov.hk/ (accessed 20 May 2009).
  • Social Welfare Department. Website. "Correctional / Residential Home Tuen Mun Children and Juvenile Home." Page last updated 15 May 2009. http://www.swd.gov.hk/en/textonly/site_pubsvc/page_offdr/sub_crhomes/ (accessed 10 June 2009).