(Continued from previous post) As told to Mhairi McLaughlin and Tegan Smyth. Words by Mhairi McLaughlin. People in Hong Kong need to consider refugees as human beings, and understand that they need to be treated with the same respect as their own family What is life like for your kids in Hong Kong? Nino: We…
Category: Social Issues
A Policy for a Divided Society: How the No-Work Policy affects the livelihood of Refugees
Refugees are left to survive on their own without any how they manage within these boundaries of meager welfare assistance. They scavenge and beg to survive which puts them in a very difficult situation because it pushes the refugee community to the extreme margins of poverty.
Food for thought
(Continued from Part 1) You have to understand that being a refugee is not a crime. It is not something we should be punished for, or a reason to squeeze us or mistreat us or use against us as though we have done something wrong. To deny us our human rights, our joy, our dignity…
Education, the greatest equaliser
To be a refugee, no one wants to be a refugee. It is part of life. You never think, when you are in your home country “oh, one day, I will be a refugee”. We kicked off the first session of Table of Two Cities with some incredible dishes from Uganda, prepared by Amanda*, one…
Finding a different narrative in Hong Kong
Hi everyone! Thanks for taking a moment to read our page. We are looking forward to sharing the first photos of this project with you. Perhaps by way of background, you might be asking – why refugees and why Hong Kong? Our starting point is simple: We are involved in the Hong Kong third sector…
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