1.   The abode seekers can be sent back seven days after the court issues the orders.

2.   Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday began to deport abode seekers back to mainland China, and ruled out further negotiations despite large protests in past days.

3.   Hundreds of abode seekers were expected to gather outside the court to await the hearing, though only a few dozen people will be permitted to enter the court.

4.   A press freedoms watchdog has complained to the Hong Kong government after police briefly detained four journalists covering the expulsion of Chinese right of abode seekers.

5.   A meeting of representatives of the abode seekers and government officials last Friday failed to persuade the rejected claimants to return peacefully to the mainland before the government deadline.

6.   A spokeswoman for the abode seekers, Jackie Hung, said they had been treated rudely and voiced concern over the legal process.

7.   And the abode seekers have continued to demand that Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa allow them to remain on compassionate grounds.

8.   Before the rite, hundreds of abode seekers gathered at the immigration department and marched through the city.

9.   But she has also ruled out an amnesty for the abode seekers, saying this would encourage people from mainland China to enter the territory illegally.

10.   Earlier decisions by the lower Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal rejected all the arguments put forward by the abode seekers.