(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) The Hong Kong Immigration Department promoted the pre -reporting passenger data system to block the "unwelling person" to go to Hong Kong, including those who have potentially required to be exempted from being repatriated.
Comprehensive Hong Kong media reports such as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government News Network, Sing Tao.com and the Dongfang Daily of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Entry Department officially implemented the above -mentioned forecast system on Tuesday (September 3).When passengers go through the boarding procedures for flights to Hong Kong, the airline will read the required information from the passenger's travel documents and transmit the passengers and flights to the Hong Kong Entry Department through the forecast system.The forecast system will be processed immediately and returns to whether the airline allows or prohibits the passenger from boarding the plane.
In order to allow more than 100 airlines to connect the forecast system and ensure the smooth system operation, the Hong Kong government has set a transition period for about 12 months.
The Hong Kong Entry Department stated that the new arrangement has made Hong Kong and other aviation hubs in the world, and further strengthens the entry inspection and law enforcement capabilities of the Immigration Department. It is an unpopular person such as potential exemption from repatriation.The so -called exempt from repatriation, that is, the illegal entry of the repatriation application is proposed.
The Immigration Department emphasized that the implementation of the forecast system will not affect the freedom of travel and entry rights in Hong Kong residents, nor will it issue instructions for prohibited boarding to permanent residents who enjoy the right to residency in Hong Kong.
Ge Yifan, a member of the Hong Kong Federation of Civilian Federation, welcomed the above measures, because in the past, many foreign people who went to Hong Kong to "land" immediately to "raise their hands" to apply for exemption from repatriation, and the Hong Kong government must handle it in accordance with the procedures.Repatriation.
The Hong Kong Immigration Department has received a total of 1,900 free repatriation requests in the first eight months of this year. Among them, 59 were withdrawn or unable to follow up, and 843 were yet to be reviewed.As of the end of July this year, about 15,550 repatriations invited people in Hong Kong.
According to the online media Hong Kong free news report, the revision of the entry regulations in April 2021 is aimed at the seeking shelter and refugees in Hong Kong, but some critics believe that this has increased the restrictions on entry Hong Kong personnel.
Reports pointed out that before the implementation of the forecast system, many people have been banned from entering Hong Kong, including reporters reported in the 2019 Hong Kong Rental Rehabilitation Movement.
A reporter organization said earlier that the organization of the Taipei initiative of the organization was refused to enter the country when he arrived at the Hong Kong International Airport on April 10 this year, and was detained for six hours to receive questions.
