'Orderly returns' operation denied

CLAIMS that a planned transfer of 100 'screened-out' Vietnamese boat people has been postponed for fear the operation would clash with the visit of British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd this week, were strongly denied by the Government last night.

Earlier, sources said the group would have been taken from the High Island Detention Centre as part of an 'orderly repatriation' programme under new guidelines recommended by an independent board of inquiry in June.

Print option is available for subscribers only.
SUBSCRIBE NOW
Copyright © 2025 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.