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Organisation Chart - Refugee Division of the Security Branch

Organisational Structure - UNHCR Hong Kong

Non-Government Organizations provided different services to VBP

    • AIHK – Amnesty International HK Section
    • BRC – British Red Cross
    • CARITAS HK – Founded in 1953 by the Catholic Diocese of HK to offer relief and rehabilitation services to the poor and the distressed
    • CFSI – Community and Family Services International
    • EFS – Ecoles Sans Frontieres
    • FPAHK – The Family Planning Association of HK
    • GSAC – Garden Streams: “Art in the Camps” Project
    • HKCAR – HK Christian Aid to Refugees
    • HKHSR – HK Housing Services for Refugees
    • ICRC – International Committee of the Red Cross
    • IOM – International Organization For Migration
    • ISS HK– International Social Service HK Branch
    • JRS – Jesuit Refugee Service (Australian Lawyer Project)
    • JVA – Joint Voluntary Agency
    • JP – Justice & Peace Commission of the HK Catholic Diocese
    • MSF – Medecins Sans Frontieres
    • NMS – Norwegian Missionary Society
    • OXFAM HK – Oxfam Hong Kong
    • PLAYRIGHT – Playright Children’s Playground Assoc. Ltd.
    • RCHK – Refugee Concern HK
    • REFUGEE RELIEF
    • ROTARY – Rotary International
    • TREATS – A HK registered charitable trust, founded in 1979, to work with any group of underprivileged children in HK by providing recreational opportunities
    • WRHK – World Relief HK Ltd

 

Table 3.1: Vietnamese Refugee Camps and Detention Centres in Hong Kong from 1975 to 2000

Source: Chan, 2013; The Refugee Concern Hong Kong Directory, 1991

CENTRE PARTICULARS
Argyle Opened in 1979 as ‘Open-Centre’. Became Detention Centre in 1988
Cape Collinson Opened in 1988 as Detention Centre
Chi Ma Wan – Lower Opened in 1982 as ‘Closed-Centre’. Became Detention Centre in 1988
Chi Ma Wan – Upper Opened in 1985 as ‘Closed-Centre’. Became Detention Centre in 1988
Erskine Opened in 1988 as Detention Centre
Green Island Reception Centre Serves as a first station for initial documentation and medical screening for all new arrivals
Hei Ling Chau Opened in 1982 as ‘Closed-Centre’. Became Detention Centre in 1988
High Island Opened in 1989 as Detention centre
Jubilee Opened in 1979 as ‘Open-Centre’
Kai Tak Departure Centre Opened in 1979. Served as departure centre
Kai Tak Open-Centre Opened in 1979 as ‘Open-Centre’
Kai Tak Transit Centre Opened in 1979. Served as an ‘Open-centre’
Lo Wu Detention Centre Serves as Voluntary Repatriation Transit Centre
Nei Ku Chau Opened in 1989 as Detention-Centre. Its population was mainly made up of ethnic Chinese
New Horizons Opened in 1979 as ‘Open-Centre’
Pillar Point Opened in 1989 as a Refugee Centre
Shek Kwu Chau Opened in 1989 as Detention Centre
Sham Shui Po Opened in 1979 as ‘Open-Centre’
Shek Kong Opened in 1989 as Detention Centre
Shek Wu Hui Opened in 1979 as ‘Open-Centre’
Stone Cutter Opened in 1988 as Detention Centre
Tai A Chau Opened in 1991 as Detention Centre. Detainees were allowed to access to all parts of the island
Tuen Mun Opened in 1985 as a Reception Centre. Became an ‘Open-Centre in 1990
White Head The largest Detention Centre with population of approximately 22,500 detainees

Table 3.2: Expenditures on Vietnamese Migrants in HK

A summary of the expenditure incurred by the HK Government, the British Government and the UNHCR on the care and maintenance of Vietnamese migrants in HK

Source: HK Government, January 1996

Year HK Government British Government UNHCR
79/80 to 88/89 HK$ 1,316 million HK$ 146 million
89/90 HK$ 819 million HK$ 215 million HK$ 128 million
90/91 HK$ 919 million HK$ 185 million HK$ 182 million
91/92 HK$ 879 million HK$ 202 million HK$ 238 million
92/93 HK$ 1,011 million HK$  98 million HK$ 250 million
93/94 HK$ 908 million HK$ 111 million HK$ 189 million
94/95 HK$ 763 million HK$  89 million HK$ 132 million
95/96 (estimates) HK$ 754 million HK$  81 million HK$ 115 million
     
Total HK$ 7,369 million HK$ 981 million HK$ 1,380 million

Table 3.3: Arrivals of Vietnamese Migrants in HK

Source: HK Government, January 1996 and other HK Government Annual Reports

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