Reports and Financial Statements (Aug 2013)
Sep 1st, 2014 | VF updates, programs, events | Comment
Website revamp design
Aug 16th, 2014 | VF updates, programs, events | Comment
Joint statement by Christian Action and Vision First
Aug 4th, 2014 | VF updates, programs, events | Comment
Christian Action and Vision First jointly announce that they have come to a settlement in relation to the legal proceedings.
Both Christian Action and Vision First look forward to focusing their efforts and time on serving the refugee and asylum seeker community.
The Refugee Union song “Stand up and unite”
Jun 2nd, 2014 | VF updates, programs, events | Comment
Refugee Union demo to mark 100 days of protest
Mar 20th, 2014 | Advocacy, VF updates, programs, events | Comment
Complaint letter for High Court judicial review
Nov 11th, 2013 | Advocacy, VF updates, programs, events | Comment
Vision First offers short-term financial aid that is not intended to replace or even supplement government assistance. We shall continue to support destitute refugees when and where our resources allow it.
We emphatically state that refugees should not be reduced to begging for their daily survival. That is a cruel and immoral situation in light of the government’s financial reserves and purported respect for human rights.
As a reaction to the problem of refugees being made utterly destitute, today Vision First members will start to submit complaint letters to the Legal Aid Department requesting that the failed welfare provision be judicially reviewed by the High Court.
The aim is to encourage rapid procedural changes to a policy that, by design and by intent, causes greater hardship than most observers care to admit.
Hong Kong Government is under a legal obligation to meet refugees’ basic material and financial needs, since they are barred from working in one of Asia’s most expensive cities. Refugees are under the impression that they are forced to work to give authorities an excuse to deport them as undesirable criminals.
As a Srilankan refugee wisely said, “If you don’t allow me to swim than you must put me in your boat. If you throw somebody into the river with his hands tied behind his back - then you are murdering him!”
click above to download, print and fill in this complaint letter
ISS new policy oppresses refugees through the manipulation of food supplies
Sep 22nd, 2013 | Advocacy, Food, VF updates, programs, events, Welfare | Comment
