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Article: From subsistence to resistance: Asylum-seekers and the other ‘Occupy’ in Hong Kong
Title | From subsistence to resistance: Asylum-seekers and the other ‘Occupy’ in Hong Kong |
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Authors | |
Keywords | assistance asylum-seeker refugee social movement welfare |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105509 |
Citation | Critical Social Policy, 2017, v. 38 n. 2, p. 201-221 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In 2014, the Refugee Union – the only asylum-seeker-led organisation in Hong Kong – organised an eight-month-long protest against assistance policies and practices which they argued dehumanised and jeopardised their dignity and survival. Central to this public protest, termed ‘Refugee Occupy’, was the transformation of a traditional mechanism for asylum-seeker containment – the refugee camp – into a vehicle for asylum-seeker voice, participation and resistance. In this article, we discuss the asylum-seeker assistance policies and practices over the last decade that have resulted in a borderless refugee camp in Hong Kong. We explore the asylum-seekers’ use of the camp concept and its spatial and political transformation into an instrument for asylum-seeker resistance and political engagement. We conclude by situating the Refugee Union’s formation alongside other migrant-led social movements in Hong Kong and globally. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/245259 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.853 |
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dc.contributor.author | Vecchio, F | - |
dc.contributor.author | Ham, J | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-18T02:07:28Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-18T02:07:28Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Critical Social Policy, 2017, v. 38 n. 2, p. 201-221 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0261-0183 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/245259 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In 2014, the Refugee Union – the only asylum-seeker-led organisation in Hong Kong – organised an eight-month-long protest against assistance policies and practices which they argued dehumanised and jeopardised their dignity and survival. Central to this public protest, termed ‘Refugee Occupy’, was the transformation of a traditional mechanism for asylum-seeker containment – the refugee camp – into a vehicle for asylum-seeker voice, participation and resistance. In this article, we discuss the asylum-seeker assistance policies and practices over the last decade that have resulted in a borderless refugee camp in Hong Kong. We explore the asylum-seekers’ use of the camp concept and its spatial and political transformation into an instrument for asylum-seeker resistance and political engagement. We conclude by situating the Refugee Union’s formation alongside other migrant-led social movements in Hong Kong and globally. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Sage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105509 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Critical Social Policy | - |
dc.rights | Critical Social Policy. Copyright © Sage Publications Ltd. | - |
dc.subject | assistance | - |
dc.subject | asylum-seeker | - |
dc.subject | refugee | - |
dc.subject | social movement | - |
dc.subject | welfare | - |
dc.title | From subsistence to resistance: Asylum-seekers and the other ‘Occupy’ in Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Ham, J: jham@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Ham, J=rp02065 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0261018317699162 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85044401936 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 276236 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 38 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 201 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 221 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000429785200002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0261-0183 | - |