Youngsters seeking an education say they are stymied by bureacracy
Teenage refugees and asylum seekers say they are being denied schooling by the Education and Manpower Bureau, which they accuse of being insensitive to their plight.
Their comments came after a meeting with officers from the bureau, which an organiser described as 'disappointing'.
Before the meeting, which lasted almost two hours, seven masked teenage Africans protested near the bureau's office in Wan Chai.
They urged the authorities to arrange schooling for about 50 refugees and asylum seekers. Up to July, only 30 were allowed a place in school.
Annie Lin, community organiser with the Society for Community Organisation, said the children badly needed education as most were alone in Hong Kong and received only a few years of schooling in their native countries.
