Hong Kong students who have moved to the UK already have it tough enough dealing with bullying at school, but to find out that the perpetrators are their fellow Hongkongers makes it even worse. A Hong Kong migrant in the UK recently took to social media to ask how to handle their child being bullied at school, only to draw out a flood of fellow migrants sharing their own painful experiences, saying that after arriving in the UK, they were actually bullied by other Hong Kong students.
One Hong Kong migrant now living in the UK works as a foster carer, saying they genuinely enjoy looking after children full‑time. A few days ago, they posted on the social platform Threads, noting that bullying in British schools is a serious issue. Worried that their own children might fall victim, they asked fellow migrants for advice, "I've heard that bullying in UK schools is really bad—fellow Hong Kong parents, have your children ever been bullied by classmates, and how did you handle it?"
The post drew a wave of responses from people who had been through the same thing, all saying that other Hong Kong students bullied them.
"When I first arrived, I thought 'Hongkongers help Hongkongers,' so I felt safe hanging out with them. But then, in Year 8 two years ago, I was isolated and verbally bullied by a group of Hong Kong senior girls. They added me to an Instagram group chat, then passively‑aggressively pushed me out. After that, I stopped believing in that 'myth'."
Others said that even telling teachers was "useless," as the school would just see it as a hassle. One parent shared, "It was actually 'Hongkongers bullying Hongkongers.' The child was mocked, picked on, and ostracised from Year 5 all the way up to secondary school in Year 6. The parents only found out about it much later."
Another wrote, "I was the child bullied by Hong Kong people. I chose to tell the teacher, but it was completely useless; they just passed me on to other teachers." Another said, "In primary school, I was bullied by other Hong Kong kids. Telling the school did nothing, and when I spoke to the other parents, they just thought their son was fine."
"When I first started school in the UK, I was bullied by a Hong Kong boy who had arrived a little earlier. I told the school teachers, and they took it very seriously—they separated them and gave punishments."
Some netizens even noted that teachers themselves led the discrimination against Asians.
"Because local white kids can't be yelled at, and Black and Brown kids are seen as 'untouchable,' that leaves us yellow-skinned people as the easiest targets. So all the frustration and loss of authority that teachers feel gets dumped on us. I've encountered plenty of that—but so what? When I think about it differently, in the future, my boss at work will be even worse, and that immediately makes me feel better."
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