Refugee claims soar in


No place to call home: Kazi and his wife Arifa Afroz, 37, posing with their daughters after arriving in Hong Kong. — Reuters

HONG KONG: The number of stateless children born to refugees is growing in Hong Kong, where claims from asylum seekers have more than tripled in the last two years, alarming residents and lawmakers.

While Europe grapples with an influx of people desperate to escape fighting in Syria, asylum seekers from Asian nations such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Vietnam are flocking to Hong Kong, along with a sprinkling from Africa.

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