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The Legal Assistant (Part-time) is a position for those with legal experience and for those with a passion for supporting refugee, asylum seekers and other forced migrants in the Hong Kong SAR. It is a structured position, generally requiring a minimum commitment of six months, with detailed training and supervision provided by Justice Centre’s experienced legal team. Volunteers will develop legal and practical expertise and deliver a valuable contribution to the Legal Services of Justice Centre Hong Kong, and to our clients.

Justice Centre is convening the Expert-By-Experience Committee (the Committee) as a means of ensuring that our work is grounded in the lived realities of being a refugee and/or non-refoulement claimant in Hong Kong; and that people with direct experience of these realities are meaningfully engaged in the design of our services, programmes and strategies.

For 5 days from 27 May until 31 May sign up to live just one of the limitations that refugees face in Hong Kong. Budget to spend $40 a day on food and share your experience on social media to help us raise awareness for the plight of refugees living in our city.

The Legal Assistant is a position for those with legal experience and for those with a passion for supporting refugee, asylum seekers and other forced migrants in the Hong Kong SAR. It is a structured position, generally requiring a minimum commitment of six months, with detailed training and supervision provided. Volunteers will develop legal and practical expertise and deliver a valuable contribution to the Legal Services of Justice Centre Hong Kong, and to our clients.

Justice Centre will be hosting a free, in-depth online training session on producing expert medical reports for asylum proceedings as according to international standards on 29 September.

Freefall is the latest photobook from Alexander Treves that documents in vivid, compelling and intimate detail, the lives of refugees and other displaced communities from all around the world. Join us at the Museum CAFE8 on 1 September 2022 to celebrate the launch of this powerful and thought-provoking photo book.

Our 13 year-old refugee client Naadi has been diagnosed with a rare blood disease - Upshaw-Schulman syndrome - that requires urgent medical attention.

Through the #HealthySmileforRefugees campaign, Justice Centre is making a call to all dentists in Hong Kong that may be willing to offer their services to those forced out of their home country in search of safety and protection in Hong Kong.

Justice Centre Hong Kong welcomes the Government’s plan to introduce rent control for subdivided housing units, which includes priority for existing tenants to renew leases, a cap on annual rental increase as 15%, and a ban on overcharging utilities.

Granting the refugee and asylum-seeking community access to vaccination is a welcome development in including forced migrants into Hong Kong’s public health response, and will benefit not only this community but the whole of Hong Kong.

Everyone’s health and wellbeing is interconnected in a pandemic. This is why for Hong Kong’s public health response to be effective, it is crucial that everyone in our society – including refugees and asylum seekers – are included in the overall public health response, including equal access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Amidst the pandemic, Justice Centre Hong Kong were proud to help our clients and their loved ones celebrate Eid. On this very special occasion we were delighted to prepare and distribute dozens of food bags, which included many favourite ingredients, for what we hope was a delicious iftar.