Forced repatriation planned for Vietnamese in Hong Kong

Title

Forced repatriation planned for Vietnamese in Hong Kong

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 Dec 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:41

Description

Michael O’Neill reports on plans for the continued forced repatriation of Vietnamese boat people from Hong Kong. An unidentified female aid worker talks about conditions in the detention centres. John Cunnington of Oxfam Hong Kong says that the repatriation policy is unworkable and that it will only increase violence at the camps.

Contributors

Michael O’Neill; John Cunnington

Keywords

Deportation; Refugees; Vietnam; Hong Kong; Asylum seekers; Immigration detention centres; Oxfam Hong Kong

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