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Tuesday, 2 April, 2002, 10:21 GMT 11:21 UK
In Pictures: HK migrants protest
Hundreds of mainland Chinese abode-seekers marched through Hong Kong on Tuesday, despite government threats to deport them.
About 400 people marched on Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal, where their requests to meet officials were turned down 
The protesters marched to the court that has rejected their appeals (top right)
They shouted angry slogans against the government
Many say they will go into hiding rather than return to China
The protesters vented their grief and frustration
Scores of families risk being torn apart, with mainland children forced to leave their resident parents
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