SUPPORT NEEDED
More than 50 survivors have sought help from the Asian Migrants’ Coordinating Body, according to spokeswoman Shiela Tebia.
Tebia said the women urgently needed clothing, especially underwear, adding that their ID cards and passports had been burned.
They are “still processing, and some actually cannot sleep well … they are also traumatised,” Tebia told AFP.
“But despite that condition, they still need to support their employer because their employer is also grieving.”
Tebia said the consulates have promised help for victims, but specifics were lacking.
Sringatin, chair of Indonesian Migrant Workers Union, told AFP the consulate could not provide information in a timely manner, while her group tried to “make people less panicked”.
Family members of each deceased victim will receive HK$200,000 (US$25,700) in government assistance.
But that was only an “initial step”, said Edwina Antonio, the executive director at Bethune House migrant women’s refuge.
“What about those who survived?” she said. “(Those) who are still in Hong Kong, they lost everything that they have.”
Antonio urged the government to include migrant workers when offering financial assistance, because they are “often the only breadwinners of their families”.
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