Hong Kong seeks mainland China's help to curb the increase in illegal arrivals into the city

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Hong Kong authority has recently sought help from mainland China to curb the sudden illegal arrival of people from across the city's border.

The move came up after the illegal entry of over 100 immigrants within nine days from South Asia through the land and sea borders. The city will step up patrols on land and seas, the report has said.

It was learned that these people might probably take the chance of recent relaxation by mainland authorities for issuing visas to visitors from South Asian countries. It was added that this opportunity facilitates people to travel easily to mainland China coastal areas in Guangdong where they can be smuggled to the city by sea using boat.

According to the authority, more than 100 people from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan were arrested in seven incidents between October 22 and October 31.

There were 848 illegal immigrants intercepted in the first nine months of the year, including from top-of-the-list Vietnam with 266, 244 from the mainland, 183 from Bangladesh, and 112 from Pakistan, the report said.

香港尋求中國大陸幫助遏制非法入境者增加

香港當局最近向中國大陸尋求幫助，以遏制突然從香港邊境非法入境的人員。

此舉是在 9 天內有 100 多名非法移民從南亞經陸地和海上邊境非法入境之後提出的。 報道稱，該市將加強陸地和海上巡邏。

據了解，這些人可能是趁近期大陸當局放寬對南亞國家遊客簽證的機會。 補充說，這個機會方便人們輕鬆前往中國大陸廣東沿海地區，並可以透過​​海路乘船偷渡到該市。

據當局稱，10月22日至31日期間，來自孟加拉、印度和巴基斯坦的7起事件中有100多人被捕。

今年前9個月，共有848名非法移民被攔截，其中來自越南的人數最多，有266人，來自大陸的有244人，來自孟加拉的183人，以及來自巴基斯坦的112人。