论依法保护华侨的出入境权益

Protecting Exit & Entry Rights of Overseas Chinese by Law

华侨的身份与内地居民、港澳台同胞略有不同,却仍属于中国公民;他们是我国社会主义现代化建设中不容忽视的政治和经济力量。中国公民侨居海外的历史由来已久,改革开放以来新华侨出入境数量剧增,归国定居活动日趋频繁,同时也引发了一系列法律问题。尤其是华侨的身份证件、华侨及其眷属的出入境权益、归国工作、长期居住、国籍和户籍与现行法规、政策之间的冲突问题更值得研究解决。建议制定中的《中华人民共和国出境入境管理法》应涉及华侨及侨眷出入境权益保护的条款内容,至少应在附则中声明:本法中所指的"中国公民",包含内地居民、港澳台同胞和华侨。为使领事保护的范畴涉及海外华侨,有必要依法认定华侨的身份。为便于管理入境后尚未定居的归国华侨,可视其居留期限分别颁发《华侨临时居留证》或《华侨居留证》。上述改革举措希冀能有助于完善移民立法和落实侨务政策。

Overseas Chinese, as a special group among the Chinese citizens but a little different from the residents in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, have become one of the important forces in China＇s socialist modernization. The migration history of overseas Chinese lasted for a long time, but in resent years more and more new overseas Chinese go abroad or return to China. Their migrant activities have caused a series of legal problems, such as the problems of identifying their overseas Chinese status, their family members＇ residence, jobs, nationalities, household registers and so on. In order to solve these problems, the author suggests that the new Exit ＆ Entry Law of Peoplee＇s Republic of China should concern about the present conditions of the overseas Chinese and it should make a clear definition on ＂overseas Chinese＂. The Police Department should be in charge of issuing ＂Temporary Resident Permit＂ or ＂Resident Permit＂to returning overseas Chinese, etc. This might help improve the present migration law of China as well as modify and perfect the rules or policies on ＂the right protection of overseas Chinese and their family members＂.