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Justice Centre would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our pro bono partner Dr. Sarah Borwein for her decade-long pro bono service to Justice Centre clients and the community of asylum seekers and refugees in Hong Kong.

The Community Outreach Officer is a new and exciting role within the organization, responsible for not only providing administrative, legal and coordination support to the Legal and Social Welfare Services of the organization, but for helping to further develop the organisation’s connections to the community it serves.

Justice Centre Hong Kong is very concerned about recent media reports on the situation at the Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre (CIC). More than 10,000 individuals are detained under immigration powers every year. As of 31 May 2020, 399 people were in detention at the CIC, including 79 asylum seekers seeking protection in Hong Kong.

A big thank you to our pro bono partner Latham & Watkins for their detailed legal research support on the topic of habeas corpus in the context of immigration detention.

Justice Centre is looking for a Psychologist, responsible for providing direct clinical services to refugees, survivors of human trafficking and survivors of torture and/or trauma. The position is 3-day per week for 6 months.