Interior ministry: Refugee cases to be processed on individual basis

Radio Taiwan Iternational
Date: 04 September, 2019
By: John Van Trieste

The interior ministry says it will handle cases of Hong Kong asylum seekers in line with the policies of Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council.

The interior ministry says that the cases of refugees seeking asylum in Taiwan will be processed on an individual basis. The ministry was responding Wednesday to calls for Taiwan to adopt a refugee law that can be used to assist Hong Kongers facing political persecution.

The ministry said that Taiwan already has a legal mechanism in place for protecting asylum seekers, and that this mechanism functions well.    [FULL  STORY]

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