印支难民与香港“第一收容港”政策

1979年日内瓦国际印支难民会议上,英国代表香港承诺作为印支难民的"第一收容港",给予出逃的印支难民以临时的庇护,等待西方国家的再安置。港英政府不折不扣地将这一政策执行了近20年。直到特区政府成立后,才于1998年1月正式取消这一政策。造成越南难民和船民问题滞留香港多年的原因是多方面的,既有国际社会层面的因素,也有英国及港英政府方面的原因。越南难民和船民问题,带给香港的最大启示是怎样在人道主义与内部利益冲突中找到一个平衡点。

Indochinese Refugees and "the First Collecting Port" Policy of Hong Kong

At the Meeting on Refugees and Displaced Persons in Geneva In 1979,on behalf of Hong Kong,the United Kingdom promised that Hong Kong would act as the "first collecting port" for Indochinese refugees which would give temporary refuge for Indochinese refugees to waiting for the third countries' resettlement.Hong Kong had been carrying out this policy for nearly 20 years.Up to January 1998,HKSAR abolished the policy.There are many reasons for Vietnamese refugees and boat people to have been detained in Hong Kong for so long a time,it is not only because of international factors,but also of those concerning the United Kingdom and Hong Kong government.Hong Kong government can draw lessons from the Vietnamese refugees and boat people about how to balance the humanism and interior conflict of interest.