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We present an original poem by Saleban, a refugee from an African country and a graduate of our Voices for Protection advocacy traineeship.

Let me ask you, can you imagine living a life away from your home, in a situation where you had to leave your loved ones behind and seek asylum in Hong Kong?

Interpretation is essential because our service users are survivors of war, persecution, and torture that have found themselves in a country and culture foreign to them.

Last week, I accompanied my colleagues and several refugees to observe the Legislative Council’s (“LegCo”) Panel on Security meeting. The session was to discuss the Hong Kong Government’s comprehensive review of the strategy of handling non-refoulement claims, including the Unified Screening Mechanism (the government’s screening process for asylum claims, or the “USM”).

Refugees have recently made the headlines in Hong Kong’s local newspapers.