Francesco Vecchio

Francesco Vecchio is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Justice Studies at Charles Sturt University and collaborates with the nonprofit organization Vision First. He is the author of the first book-length ethnography on contemporary refugees in Hong Kong, Asylum Seeking and the Global City (Routledge 2015).

Trouble in paradise

Months before Hong Kong’s Occupy unleashed popular frustration onto the streets, a refugee movement adopted occupation tactics to protest the social marginalization of asylum seekers.

By Francesco Vecchio and Cosmo Beatson

/ 27 Mar 2015