Hong Kong Profile

Introduction

List of Detention Sites

Map of Detention Sites

Country Links

Reference List

Hong Kong Detention Profile 2009

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)

Last updated: June 2009

Hong Kong Detention Profile

Reference List

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  • Hong Kong Correctional Services. Website. "Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre." Page last updated 10 December 2007. http://www.csd.gov.hk/english/ins/ins_ind/ins_nt_cic.html (accessed 5 May 2009).
  • Hong Kong Correctional Services. Website. "Lai Chi Kok Correctional Institution." Page last updated 14 Feb 2008. http://www.csd.gov.hk/english/ins/ins_ind/ins_kln_lci.html (accessed 28 May 2009).
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  • Immigration Department (Hong Kong). “Ma Tau Kok Detention Centre” in Annual Report 2007-2008. http://www.immd.gov.hk/a_report_07-08/eng/chapter04/index.htm#b2h (accessed 12 May 2009).

  • Lee, Naomi. 1995. "Garrison Hospital's Bones Fit to Be Picked." The Standard. 19 August 1995. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=37961&sid=&con_type=1&archive_d_str=19950819 (accessed 20 May 2009).
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  • 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).
  • South China Morning Post. 2006. "Call to save 'zoo' where rioters were caged." South China Morning Post. 14 May 2006.
  • Telephone Directory of the Government of the HKSAR and Related Organizations. Website. "Correctional Services Department: Operations Division: Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre." Page last updated 28 May 2009. http://gb.hyd.gov.hk/gb/tel.directory.gov.hk/0208008928_ENG.html (accessed 29 May 2009).
  • Telephone Directory of the Government of the HKSAR and Related Organizations. Website. "Department of Health Regulatory Affairs and Health Services Clinic (Correctional Institutions) Green Island Reception Centre." Page last updated 27 May 2009. http://gb.hyd.gov.hk/gb/tel.directory.gov.hk/0258000299_ENG.html (accessed 29 May 2009).
  • Telephone Directory of the Government of the HKSAR and Related Organizations. Website. "Immigration Department: Enforcement and Torture Claim Assessment Branch: Enforcement Division: Removal Sub-division: Deportation Section." Page last updated 28 May 2009. http://gb.hyd.gov.hk/gb/tel.directory.gov.hk/0269000077_ENG.html (accessed 29 May 2009).
  • Telephone Directory of the Government of the HKSAR and Related Organizations. Website. "Social Welfare Department Headquarters: Youth and Corrections Branch: Tuen Mun Children and Juvenile Home." Page last updated 28 May 2009. http://gb.hyd.gov.hk/gb/tel.directory.gov.hk/0273007193_ENG.html (accessed 29 May 2009).
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