Chinese Immigrants from
Mainland China to Hong Kong
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| The scene at the border village of Sha Tau Kok where unarmed Gurkha patrols watching for illegal immigrants come under the gaze... | Police and soldiers round up a group of illegal immigrants at High Island. | |||
| Illegal immigrants being sent on a train back to China. | Illegal immigrants from Mainland China were arrested. | |||
| Illegal immigrants from China allowed to stay and lined up for temporary ID cards. | Illegal immigrants queuing up for identity cards outside Victoria Barracks. | |||
| Chinese illegal migrants were arrested on the Dryandra Mountain by the armed police while swarming into the New Territories, Hong Kong. | Sergeant George Nash tries to piece together Kowloon addresses he picked up from illegal immigrants who tore the papers to shreds. | |||
| Chinese illegal immigrants were arrested at New Territories. | Barbed wire set up on the hill for stopping the illegal immigrants to Hong Kong border at High Island. | |||
| Chinese illegal immigrants sent back to China. | Illegal migrants arriving at Macao from China. | |||
| Illegal immigrants crossed to the border. Yip Yat-yin, a metal worker in Hong Kong, and his wife wept bitterly... | Illegal immigrants arriving at Macao - a snap as an eternal memory. Lines of bars were set by the authorities... | |||
| Soldiers from Royal Green Jackets were watching closely on the Chinese border facing Wan Kam To. | Gurkha soldiers were watching for illegal immigrants' movement in the dark with infrared telescopes. | |||
| Eye on China... it's almost impossible for the incoming refugees to spot the watchers on the Hong Kong side of the border... | Illegal immigrants were arrested, hidden in the area of water straw by a fish pond. | |||
| Barbed wire and a lone watch tower... symbols of the struggle to stem the flow of illegal immigrants. | Male and female illegal immigrants, totally drenched through, were detained with plastic handcuffs. | |||
| Erect fence at the border. | Gurkha soldiers took two illegal immigrants away | |||
| A British soldier is watching closely on the Chinese border with binoculars. | A dead body of an illegal immigrant was found on the helicopter inspection around Shen Zhen River area early next morning. | |||
| China! Peering straight at the heart of Hong Kong, a 42nd Army soldier plays a dual role - watching the Hong Kong side of the border... | Detained illegal immigrants squatted down on the ground, waiting to be taken away early next morning. | |||
| The fisherman seemed to be casting eye of the authorities. | Morning dawn brought to light some illegal arrivals at Hong Kong by water at night, drenched through and miry all over. | |||
| Two Gurkhas are searching the area of water straw to check the illegal immigrants who came from China. | Illegal immigrants to be sent to China by a military vehicle. |