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被移民部长指假结婚泛滥 香港发函要求澄清(图)
【北美在线
NAOL.CA】 2010/09/03 分类：留学移民
北美在线(NAOL.CA)综合报道：多年来「假结婚」移民现象一直困扰加拿大，移民部长康尼(Jason
Kenney)9月1日在宾顿市政中心召开针对此项内容的首轮公众会议，其间表示，香港是最大的移民申请地区之一，其中依靠虚假婚姻骗取移民身分的案例亦为最多。
加拿大联邦移民部长康尼(Jason Kenney)
康尼说：「在香港，每年由成千上万个以夫妻团聚为由申请来加的案例，其中有50%都是因为虚假婚姻被拒。」他继续说，每年以同样理由申请移民签证来加的所有案例中，被拒的比例则为20%，此外仍有几百名逃过审查成功入境之人逍遥法外。
香港经贸处发函澄清
就联邦移民部长康尼称，香港的结婚申请移民案有约半数因疑似假结婚遭拒，香港驻多伦多经济贸易办事处2日向移民部多位官员致函，指正香港申请加拿大移民的人数近年来已大幅减少，事实上在香港申请加国移民的人，多数是来自香港之外的很多地方。
香港经贸处副处长萧显扬
信函以香港经贸处副处长萧显扬的名义，分别发给移民部国务秘书Rick Dykestra、移民部负责多元文化务的国会议员黄陈小萍、加拿大驻香港总领事Doreen
Steidle，希望澄清康尼有关上述问题的讲话。
信中说，所有中文日报都引用了康尼发言中以下三点，一是「香港是假结婚申请移民的最大来源地」，二是「有一半在香港申请的团聚移民个案因疑似假结婚而被拒」，三是「康尼就打击假结婚移民申请将与香港官员会晤」。
萧显扬称以他的了解，在过往10年中，香港的移民申请人数大幅下降，而现今在香港申请移民的人，大多数不是香港居民或者香港人的亲属。
信中指出：「香港作为假结婚移民的来源地，与香港作为加拿大总领馆发现有最多的疑似假结婚申请移民而被拒签的地方，两者有很大的不同。」
信函最后说：「因康尼的发言被媒体广泛报导，且这样的言论对香港的形象与名誉产生了严重的负面影响，因此要求移民部作出澄清」。
下面是萧显扬先生给北美在线编辑部传来的该信函全文
Mr. Rick Dykestra
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
Citizenship & Immigration
Ottawa
Dear Mr Dykestra,
As the official representative of the Hong
Kong Special Administrative Region
Government in Canada, I am writing to seek
clarifications on statements related to Hong
Kong reportedly made by the Honourable
Immigration Minister Jason Kenny.
I read with great dismay the reports by the
local newspapers here this morning (Ming Pao,
SingTao, the World Journal and other online
media) on statements made by the Hon
Minister Kenny at a press conference
following a town hall meeting in Brampton
yesterday (Sept 1).
All the papers quoted the Hon Minister with
the following -
i) that Hong Kong is number one in the world
in spousal sponsorship immigration cases
that are actually marriage frauds;
ii) that of the tens of thousands of spousal
sponsorship applications received in Hong
Kong by the Canadian authorities, 50 per
cent of them were rejected for reason of
marriage fraud, a rate that doubles that for
other parts of the world;
iii) that he would meet with the Hong Kong
authorities to crack down on marriage fraud.
I understand that the number of applications
for immigration to Canada from Hong Kong
citizens has dropped very significantly in
the past decade, and that majority of the
applications processed in Hong Kong are not
from Hong Kong residents and unrelated to
Hong Kong.
There is a very big distinction between Hong
Kong being the source of such alleged fraud
cases, and Hong Kong being the location of
the Canadian representative office that
processes applications from many other
sources and this office in Hong Kong having
recorded the most applications rejected
because of such suspected frauds.
As the statements made by the Minister has
been reported widely by the media, and
statements as such seriously impact on Hong
Kong's reputation and image, I am writing
therefore to seek your prompt
clarifications. Subsequent to this
publicized report, we are now receiving many
enquiries by the media and community
representatives on this matter. Hence, I
hope that any such clarifications from your
side be made to the media as soon as
possible.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you and best regards.
Maureen Siu
Director
Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office (Canada)
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