A number of Hong Kong protesters in exile in Canada have set up a new organization to help Hong Kong people suffering from totalitarian oppression to apply to Canada through the “lifeboat program” and to preserve the “bloodline” of Hong Kong. They revealed that the program has been implemented for nearly three months and some Hong Kong people have arrived in Canada one after another.
Three Hong Kong protesters exiled to Canada and two Hong Kong expatriates in Canada recently founded a non-profit organization “Hao Yue Society” (Soteria Institute), mainly to help Hong Kong people to apply to Canada through the “lifeboat program”, and link local Hong Kong people Employers will be given priority in hiring Hong Kong protesters. In addition, the organization also assists Uighurs and Tibetans who have been “forced into exile by totalitarianism” by offering English classes to help these political refugees integrate into Canadian life more quickly.
Hong Kong exile protesters create organization to help totalitarian oppressed
Alison, one of the founders, said in an interview with the station on Wednesday (5) that the reason for setting up the organization was that when she went into exile in Canada, she received help from Hong Kong expatriates and the Canadian government to obtain refugee status, so she wanted to give back to the community, especially to help those who were oppressed by totalitarianism to live in a free country.
Alison said: Hong Kong has been pushing Article 23 legislation since 2003, if you have noticed, in fact, the Chinese Communist Party has not stopped doing this thing, 2012 national education has been very obvious. The rule of law in Hong Kong has been slowly disappearing, freedom is slowly being deprived. We don’t want to see Hong Kong disappear as a community because there is no longer a place like Hong Kong. So I hope that we can gather some people who really love Hong Kong in other places, and I hope that the bloodline of Hong Kong will not be dispersed because we have left Hong Kong.
Some Hong Kong people have already gone to Canada under the “lifeboat program”.
Canadian authorities in response to the implementation of the “Hong Kong National Security Act”, the “lifeboat” immigration program launched to relax the work permit of Hong Kong people to follow the immigration application. The program officially accepted applications from February 8. According to information provided by Immigration Canada in April, more than 500 applications were received in the first three weeks.
Alison understands that at least 600 Hong Kong people have applied, and that some of them have already arrived in Canada through the program. “Among the more than 10 cases that Alison is assisting, four of them have already obtained work visas. She continued to say that before arriving in Canada, they need to undergo a physical examination at two designated clinics in Hong Kong, and when someone applied for a medical examination in early March, they only had to wait for two weeks, but when someone applied again at the end of April, they had to wait for at least two months, which shows that the number of applicants is increasing significantly.
Exile protesters continue dialogue with Canadian MPs
On the other hand, the New Hong Kong Cultural Council, together with a number of exile protesters, have been meeting with Canadian legislators on an ongoing basis. So far, they have met with eight Canadian legislators, lobbying the Canadian government to sanction Hong Kong Communist Party officials who violate human rights and to continue to assist Hong Kong people in exile.
Alison, who was part of the meeting with the Canadian MPs, said that there are still many Canadian MPs who can’t imagine the threats that Hong Kong people are facing, and that they can learn more about the persecution through the exiled protesters themselves. She revealed that she will also regularly write reports on police brutality, abuse of power and injustice in Hong Kong, so that they can follow up.
Alison said: You can find some political stars and talk to them, they only hear some of their experience. But the people who really landed on the front line, their treatment is completely different. For example, political stars were detained for 48 hours, the police did not dare to beat them until they were seriously injured, broken ribs, but there are many front-line hands and feet after arrest, is to be admitted to the hospital even the court can not go, this is the Canadian MPs do not know things, so we must tell them, these things are happening in Hong Kong.
They also expressed to the MPs that Hong Kong has recently passed the draft amendment to the Immigration Ordinance, which may restrict the entry and exit of the public, and they proposed that Canada can speed up the approval process for individual exiles or “lifeboat program” cases. In addition, Alison mentioned that the “lifeboat program” has a shortcoming, that is, regardless of political orientation, as long as they meet the qualifications can be through the program to Canada, so they also proposed whether there can be a filter to avoid mainland “spies” through the program to enter the country, and make things awkward.
The eight Canadian MPs with whom they met included Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole, Canada-China Relations Committee Vice-Chairman Garnett Genuis, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee member Marty Morantz, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee Vice-Chairman Michael Chong, former Commonwealth Arnold Viersen, former Member of Parliament for Canada; Kenny Chiu, Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on International Human Rights; Salma Zahid, Chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration; Jenny Kwan, Member of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration; and Jasraj Singh, Shadow Minister for Immigration and Refugees. Hallan.
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