HKDI worked with Solomon, who fled to Hong Kong in 2010 from Nigeria, to keep him, his wife from Hong Kong (Dora), and their four children safe and united. We are also providing counselling services for Solomon and Dora, who have both suffered extensively from the physical, emotional, and legal ordeal of being asylum seekers in Hong Kong.

Alan, his wife, and their four children (7-19 years old), had to leave their home country in North Africa to escape persecution from community members of the majority religion there. The Hong Kong government recognized their plight and granted them non-refoulement protection, but they became trapped in limbo when the UNHCR decided against their application. HKDI has been assisting Alan and his family to apply for residency on a humanitarian basis, and has also provided counselling for Alan’s eldest daughter and is working with her school to provide an ADHD assessment.

Sammy grew up enduring harrowing hardship. After years of navigating Hong Kong’s legal and social support system as a refugee, Sammy came to HKDI, where he has received desperately needed support, and where we brought to light his human trafficking experience that previously had gone unnoticed by all other organisations.