Originally a sparsely populated area of farming and fishing villages,[1] During the First Opium War, Hong Kong was initially ceded to the British by the Qing Empire, in the Convention of Chuenpi.
[3] After more than a year of further hostilities, Hong Kong Island was formally ceded to the United Kingdom in the 1842 Treaty of Nanking.
There are four main immigration detention facilities in Hong Kong: Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre (CIC), Ma Tau Kok Detention Centre (MTKDC), Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution (TGCI), and Nei Kwu Correctional Institution (NKCI).
115B) lays out the places of detention of immigration detainees and the relevant legislation that governs their treatment at each respective location.
The documentary also included interviews with human rights lawyers and detention staff who spoke about solitary confinement in the 'padded room'.
In the same year, Stand News produced a series of articles on detention conditions at the then newly reopened Tai Tam Gap Correctional Institution.
[11] Stand News closed down operations soon after [12] In 2021, the Immigration Ordinance was amended to, among other reasons, prevent potential non-refoulement claimants from arriving in Hong Kong.
[16] Civil society advocates have raised concerns that the amendments will limit procedural fairness for non-refoulement claimants such as by potentially barring them from accessing interpreters in legal proceedings, liaising with home countries to facilitate deportation prior to final conclusion of their applications, and restricting the time allowed for the appeal stage[15][17] Cases of COVID-19 in detention staff[18] and detainees[19][20][21] have led to suspension of visits from family and friends to detention centres.