C.V. Chen, secretary-general of the ROC Red Cross Society, explains that the ROC government's original intention was that the ROC Red Cross should link up with mainland China's Red Cross to guarantee the safety of deportees. These could be carried aboard an ROC Red Cross chartered vessel to some outlying island, from whence they could be taken home by a mainland China Red Cross boat.
中華民國紅十字會秘書長陳長文表示，為保障偷渡客安全到對岸，政府原希望中華民國紅十字會與大陸紅十字會攜手，由我國紅十字會購買專艦，將遣返的大陸偷渡客，送到外島再由大陸紅十字會接走；或是由兩邊紅十字會的船隻在海峽中線進行交接，結果都因為大陸紅十字會興趣不高而未能定案。