Since Hong Kong’s anti-extradition campaign in 2019, there has
been a heated discussion on the “Hong Kong-Macao Relations
Ordinance” or related administrative measures to protect the integrity
of the political integrity of Hong Kong residents. According to the
Laws and Regulations Regarding Hong Kong & Macao Affairs, our
government can only provide necessary assistance to Hong Kong
residents whose safety and freedom are endangered by political factors
in accordance with Article 18. However, the actual content of
assistance has not been followed in more detail. In July 2020,
Mainland Affairs Council released the “Hong Kong Humanitarian Aid
Project”, aiming to provide Hong Kong residents with more immediate
assistance on the basis of the Laws and Regulations Regarding Hong
Kong & Macao Affairs. However, even under the operation of the
project, our country still has insufficient procedures for handling cases
of Hong Kong residents coming to Taiwan for assistance and protection
of substantive rights and interests. Even the type of asylum work that
highly relied on non-governmental organizations in the past has not
been significantly improved. The study tries to understand how
government interacts with non-governmental organizations and how to achieve policy goals under the operation of public-private partnerships.
The research method uses qualitative in-depth interviews. The
interviewees included 4 groups of non-governmental organization
personnel who have assisted Hong Kong residents in seeking asylum in
Taiwan or have initiated related issues, and a group of Hong Kong
residents seeking asylum in Taiwan. The study finds that the
government should strengthen the collaborative governance of
horizontal interaction with NGOs. Horizontal interaction can prevent
the government from shirking its responsibilities, and can also leverage
the respective advantages of the public and private sectors to
complement each other, so as to achieve experience inheritance and
risk transfer. In addition, immigration policy established through
organizational memory can serve as a basis for future revisions of
asylum policy.