https://www.scmp.com/rss/513785/feed Surabhi Chopra is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong, specialising in migrants’ rights. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The Legislative Council recently discussed coming changes to immigration policy in Hong Kong. The government proposed opening a new immigration detention centre next year. It also proposed allowing intimate body searches at Castle Peak Bay Immigration Centre, Hong Kong’s largest detention centre, and raising the maximum period of solitary confinement to 28 days from the current seven days. These changes are likely to take effect early next year, after amendments to the relevant rules and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3203710/hong-kong-should-rethink-rules-threaten-make-immigration-detention-feel-jail?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3203710/hong-kong-should-rethink-rules-threaten-make-immigration-detention-feel-jail?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:15:11 +0000 Reports in the past month of Hong Kong residents trafficked to Southeast Asia have shocked the public. In turn, NGOs have highlighted that many migrants are trafficked into Hong Kong. Such trafficking hides in plain sight, at least in part because of serious gaps in anti-trafficking policy. Our interviews with a range of stakeholders indicate that victims of human trafficking are frequently treated as wrongdoers rather than trafficked people. They are also vulnerable to being detained and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194348/hong-kongs-human-trafficking-victims-need-be-supported-not-detained?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3194348/hong-kongs-human-trafficking-victims-need-be-supported-not-detained?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 30 Sep 2022 22:45:09 +0000