Deportation and Removal

The department processes deportation and removal orders. During the
year, 8 169 persons who had been convicted of possessing or trafficking
in dangerous drugs, deception, theft, forgery and other criminal offences
were considered for deportation and 629 were deported. Another 1 668
persons were removed from the HKSAR under removal orders. These
included 1 056 illegal immigrants, mostly coming from the Mainland and
612 persons who had breached their condition of stay.

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