Assistant Director of Immigration Fung Pak-ho today led a delegation to Vietnam to discuss Hong Kong's laws against illegal employment and human trafficking.
The delegation, comprising officers from the department and Police, will outline the objectives of the Unified Screening Mechanism to handle non-refoulement claims.
They will also discuss co-operation on intelligence gathering and enforcement liaison.
The Government is concerned over the recent surge in the number of Vietnamese being smuggled into Hong Kong.
There is also a trend of Vietnamese illegal immigrants lodging claims for non-refoulement protection to resist removal immediately after being arrested or surrendered, which constitutes a serious abuse of Hong Kong's non-refoulement screening mechanism.