{"id":1504,"date":"2024-03-14T12:46:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T04:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/branchesofhope.org.hk\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2024-03-15T12:47:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T04:47:03","slug":"scmp-mar-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/news\/scmp-mar-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"SCMP: Mar 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/law-and-crime\/article\/3255275\/more-illegal-immigrants-enter-hong-kong-spotlight-shines-again-asylum-seekers-do-they-have-valid\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/law-and-crime\/article\/3255275\/more-illegal-immigrants-enter-hong-kong-spotlight-shines-again-asylum-seekers-do-they-have-valid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">As more illegal immigrants enter Hong Kong, spotlight shines again on asylum seekers: do they have valid refugee claims?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Asylum seekers from as far away as Pakistan and East Africa head to mainland China, where they cross illegally into Hong Kong, sometimes in treacherous conditions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Critics question validity of claims and efficiency of processes, with about 14,700 asylum seekers waiting to hear from city\u2019s unified screening mechanism or appeal system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/law-and-crime\/article\/3255275\/more-illegal-immigrants-enter-hong-kong-spotlight-shines-again-asylum-seekers-do-they-have-valid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/98d8fb7d-1408-4dee-85e5-2a12759fa1c6_0a963a1f-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/98d8fb7d-1408-4dee-85e5-2a12759fa1c6_0a963a1f-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/98d8fb7d-1408-4dee-85e5-2a12759fa1c6_0a963a1f-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/98d8fb7d-1408-4dee-85e5-2a12759fa1c6_0a963a1f-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/98d8fb7d-1408-4dee-85e5-2a12759fa1c6_0a963a1f.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/law-and-crime\/article\/3255275\/more-illegal-immigrants-enter-hong-kong-spotlight-shines-again-asylum-seekers-do-they-have-valid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As more illegal immigrants enter Hong Kong, spotlight shines again on asylum seekers: do they have valid refugee claims?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[107,91],"class_list":["post-1504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-boh","tag-road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview-php85.dzine.org\/BOH\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}