Data Analysis
"To what degree is a local NPO Branches of Hope is supporting refugees to be contributing members of the society?
A study of contributing capacities of African Refugees in Hong Kong”
Chapter-Five |
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Findings
from Survey
There are in total 25 ARs respondents in the survey, while 64% of them are male and 36% of them are male. All respondent are aged 25 -50. Table-1 shows the demographic information of the 50 survey respondents.
v Demographic information of respondents (Close and Open Questions Survey)
|
Characteristic |
No.
of Respondent & Percentage (%) |
|
|
No.
of Respondents |
(Percentage) |
|
|
Living Companion ·
Alone ·
With Family ·
Other |
15 6 4 |
60% 28% 12% |
|
Current living Standard ·
Good ·
Bad ·
Comfortable |
8 4 14 |
32% 12% 56% |
|
Previous living Standard (before coming) ·
Good ·
Bad ·
Comfortable |
2 23 |
8% 92% |
|
Gender ·
Male ·
Female |
16 9 |
64% 36% |
|
Length of Residence in Hong Kong ·
0-5 years ·
6-10 years ·
11-15 years ·
16-20 years ·
Above-20 years |
13 7 3 1 1 |
52% 28% 12% 4% 4% |
|
Received Education ·
Home Country ·
Hong Kong ·
Others |
16 5 4 |
64% 20% 16% |
|
Level of education ·
Bachelors ·
Masters ·
PdD ·
Vocational ·
Basic ·
No education |
6 1 - 6 5 7 |
24% 4% - 24% 20% 28% |
|
Language ·
Cantonese ·
Mandarin ·
Mother tongue ·
English ·
Other languages |
3 3 14 2 3 |
12% 12% 56% 8% 12% |
|
Place of origin ·
North Africa ·
East Africa ·
Central Africa ·
South Africa |
11 9 3 2 |
44% 36% 12% 8% |
Table
7: Demographic information of respondents
Table 7 shows the demographic information of the African Refugees. According to the above table based on the interview survey, 60% of the ARs belong to Hong Kong society alone, where 28% belong to their family, and the remaining 12% belong to HK society on the basis of their interest. When conducting this survey, it has found that 56% refugees current living standard in HK society is comfortable where 32% living standard is good and remaining 12% given the different opinion that their living condition is not good due to the scarcity of their employment opportunities. On the contrary, their previous living standard was no good at all. According to the survey, 92% refugee said that their previous living standard was bad where only 8% of refugee’s living condition was good. In this study, 64% respondents are male and 36% are female where 52% have been long as a refugee in HK Up to 5 years, 28% have been long as refugee up to 10 years, 12% up to 15 years, 4% up to 20 years and remaining 4% have been long as a refugee in HK society above 20 years.
However, demographic information of ARs also focuses on their education, language, and place of origin which are illustrated in the above table.
v Refugee application process
|
Characterises/type |
No.
of Respondent & Percentage (%) |
|
|
No.
of Respondents |
Percentage |
|
|
·
Easy ·
Hard ·
Average |
1 19 5 |
4% 76% 20% |
|
Total
Respondents |
25 |
100% |
Table 8: Refugee application process
According to the survey finding, is has observed that refugee application procedures in HK are comparatively complex. The above table shows that only 4% of respondents said that refugee application procedures are easy, except this 76% opined that refugee application procedures are hard was 20% opined, refugees application procedures are attainable.
In this regard, study respondents argued that currently HK society are denied to allow asylum seekers or refugee due to the densely populated country.
v Reason of leave
|
Reasons |
No.
of Respondent & Percentage |
|
|
No.
of Respondents |
Percentage |
|
|
·
War ·
Poverty ·
Political Unrest ·
Persecution ·
Other |
2 4 5 13 1 |
8% 16% 20% 52% 4% |
|
Total
Respondents |
25 |
100% |
Table 9: Reason of leave
When
conducting this survey, researcher has tried to find out the reason that why the
ARs had left their own countries! In against of this questions numerous responses
have found.
According to survey 8% said that they have left their own country due to war, 16% said due to poverty, 20% said due to political unrest, 52% said due to persecution and 4% has given various reasons. Conversely, in this question, most of them they felt hazardous, unsafe and they did not find any way to survive their own countries. That’s why they left their own countries for better life.
v Role of Education to
get Job
|
Type |
No.
of Respondent & Percentage |
|
|
No.
of Respondents |
Percentage |
|
|
·
Standard ·
Average ·
Not Applicable |
19 5 1 |
76% 20% 4% |
|
Total
Respondents |
25 |
100% |
Table 10: Role of Education to get Job
Table
5 shows the role of education to get jobs for refugees. According to the study
survey, 76% of respondents said standard education is a prerequisite to get a
good job and 20% said average education is helping to get a low-level job, but 4%
said education is not required to get a job at all sectors. They believed the
job depends on people’s skill and experience.
v How they come to be a
member of Branches of Hope
|
Type |
No.
of Respondent & Percentage |
|
|
No.
of Respondents |
Percentage |
|
|
·
Friend ·
Neighbour ·
Pastor ·
Refugee ·
Advertisement ·
Other |
2 3 6 11 - 3 |
8% 12% 24% 44% - 12% |
|
Total
Respondents |
25 |
100% |
Table 11: How they became a member of
Branches of Hope
Above table illustrates how refugee become a member of BOH. In this regard, 8% respondent said that they came to be a member of BOH as friends, 12% said as neighbours, 24% said as a pastor, 44% said as a refugee and remaining 12% as others.
v Type of help getting from Branches of Hope
|
Type |
No.
of Respondent & Percentage |
|
|
No.
of Respondents |
Percentage |
|
|
·
Living assistance ·
Spiritual support ·
Classroom assistance ·
Financial Assistance ·
Counselling ·
Training |
14 5 4 15 22 5 |
56% 20% 16% 60% 88% 20% |
Table
12: Help from BOH
While conducting this survey, it has been observed that ARs get numerous supports from BOH. According to the above table, 56% are receiving living assistance supports, 20% are receiving spiritual supports, 16% are receiving classroom assistance, 60% are receiving financial assistance, 20% are receiving training and 88% are receiving counselling supports from BOH. Basically, BOH provides such supports for changing the socio-economic conditions of ARs in HK so they can contribute to the HK society.
v Most effective programs
of BOH
The above figure represents that currently, several effective programs have provided by BOH for ensuring the welfare of ARs in HK society. According to the above figure, 30% respondents said that education is the most effective program of BOH, 24% said training, 20% said office management programs, 66% said counselling and 35% said financial assistance programs are the most effective programs of BOH. Essentially BOH provides three categories of assistance, namely reliefs, developmental and social reform based. All such programs are currently playing a pivotal role to change the conditions of ARs in HK society.
v Need support to ARs to
make life easier
The above figure illustrates that currently, numbers of refugees are facing trouble to continue their socio-economic life in the context of HK society. In conformity with this study, 86% of refugees claimed that they have to need employment support to make their life hassle-free were 82% argued they have to need freedom of movement to make their life easier.
v Training applicability in practical life
|
Responses |
No.
of Respondents |
Percentage |
|
·
Yes ·
No ·
May be |
18 4 3 |
72% 16% 12% |
|
Total
no. of respondents |
25 |
100% |
Table 13: Training applicability in
practical life
The above figure represents the applicability of training in the practical life of refugees. According to the survey questions, 72% of respondents said that they can utilize training in their practice life through volunteering activities to educate the people and for getting new jobs and new employment opportunities which are received from BOH, 12% said that in some cases they can utilize such training. But the remaining 16% said due to limited access to the job market they can’t utilize such training in their practical life.
v Braches of Hope is
working for getting employment
|
Responses |
No.
of Respondents |
Percentage |
|
·
Yes ·
No ·
To some extent |
14 1 10 |
56% 4% 40% |
|
Total
no. of respondents |
25 |
100% |
Table 14: Braches of Hope is working for
getting employment
According
to the above table, it has been seen that 56% of refugees said that BOH is
working for getting employment opportunities for them through focusing skill
development activities where 40% said BOH is working for getting employment to
some extent. But on the other hand, 4% of refugees said that the working of BOH
is poor to get employment for refugees.
|
Responses |
No.
of Respondents |
Percentage |
|
·
Yes ·
No ·
To some extent |
18 1 6 |
72% 4% 24% |
|
Total
no. of respondents |
25 |
100% |
Table 15: Braches of Hope is working for
integrating in the society
The above figure represents the skills and
capacities of refugees to serve Hong Kong society. While conducting the survey,
it has found that 90% of respondents want to serve society by giving cooking
and cleaning services because they said they have adequate capacities in these
sectors. Besides, 42% of refugees argued that they have organizing skills to
manage any events and they want to work under these sectors to serve the HK
society. Accordingly, 40% of respondents contended that they have skills in IT
sectors to serve the community and besides 35% shows their capacity in
translating cultural issues where they act as mediators between Hong Kong and the
refugee community.
Conversely, the whole ARs argued that they can also contribute to sustain and increase the education level for those who are continuing and who are dropped in Hong Kong society. They added that they can play a role as mediators between Hong Kong and refugee communities as well as cultural exchange. Moreover, else, refugees can help the vulnerable group through research activities with respect to education and training issues.
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