Coronavirus pandemic bodes ill for Hong Kong’s trafficking survivors and domestic workers.

As the pandemic rages on, increased economic hardship and declining living and working conditions provide ripe conditions for forced labour and human trafficking to flourish

Sick domestic workers left homeless and jobless in Hong Kong after catching Covid-19, highlights a deeper problem | South China Morning Post (scmp.com)

「救濟難民？做善事呢啲嘢留番俾啲慈善團體做啦！」「我哋自己人都未搞掂，仲搞班外來嘅？點做呀？」香港一直以國際大都會自居。面對城市中的外來者，在當下的處境談好客之道，是不切實際的空談，還是少數人圍爐取暖時的話題？

*HKFP rounds up fundraising campaigns, calls for in-kind donations, volunteering opportunities, and mental health services offering support to the city’s most marginalised communities.*

HKFP Guide: How to support Hong Kong’s refugees, domestic workers & most vulnerable during Covid-19 – Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (hongkongfp.com)

There are approximately 14,000 asylum seekers in Hong Kong but often, it is only upon landing in the city that these individuals realise how few rights they are granted. Forbidden from working, some have even turned to crime.

Driven by desperation: Without the right to work, refugees in Hong Kong face impossible choices – Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (hongkongfp.com)

Foreign domestic worker spends 2 nights in Hong Kong park after contracting Covid, as NGO warns of ’emerging crisis’ – Hong Kong Free Press HKFP (hongkongfp.com)

Charity football tournament helps refugees and asylum seekers in Hong Kong feel more at home than away

Hong Kong’s refugees and asylum seekers given lifeline through Africa United football club

New amendments to Hong Kong’s immigration bill won’t solve its problem with refugees

“Throughout the years, Hong Kong’s hopeful group of asylum-seekers have not been treated well,” writes Tony Read. “Labelling them as illegal immigrants and overstayers creates a public perception of them as troublemakers and criminals and denies them the dignity they deserve. “

by TONY READ 08:00, 16 DECEMBER 2020 Updated 15:52, 28 APRIL 2021

‘Draconian, inhumane’: Hong Kong ranks top for women behind bars, as activists call for protection not incarceration