They will profit from the situation. More than ten years under this unjust, discriminatory and repressive policy has done adverse impacts on the lives of countless foreign domestic helpers. It is time to put a stop to this injustice. A concerted effort among migrant organizations of various nationalities together with advocate institutions and churches may well pressure the Hong Kong government to again conduct a review on the policy with the intention of scrapping it. Local public opinion has to be raised in support of these calls.
International solidarity needs to be harnessed.
The role of various international monitoring agencies especially those related with relevant conventions to protect the rights of migrant workers may be tapped to add pressure to this campaign. The road may be long, but as our previous experiences of struggle against other unjust and exploitative policies like the wage cut campaign, the proposal to deny maternity protection to women migrant workers, and the like have shown, our strength and positive action will prevail.