The couple had a lot to weigh up: the cost, the education system, language problems, and the paperwork to enter the United Kingdom, which is now offering as many as three million people in Hong Kong the chance to move to Britain and eventually secure citizenship. We want to leave as soon we can,” Yu told Al Jazeera before the move. We are worried about the future of Hong Kong, also my twins’ future. “Since the introduction of National Security Law, the political situation here is rapidly deteriorating. In addition, children as young as six will now be given lessons in “national security” and be expected to sing China’s National anthem. The Hong Kong government subsequently announced controversial changes, renaming the Liberal Studies subject, which it blamed for helping stoke the 2019 protests, as “Citizen and Social Development”. The Yus were unsettled by the Education Bureau’s decision in October 2020 to disqualify a teacher who had been accused of promoting Hong Kong independence. The patriotic education equals brainwashing.” “I am not confident with the education system in Hong Kong now. “We will not leave Hong Kong if we do not have kids,” Yu said. Yu and his wife, Esther Law lived in their own flat and had stable jobs with decent incomes working as an animator and executive assistant.īut for the sake of their six-year-old twins Grace and Jayden, the couple decided to sacrifice everything they had in Hong Kong and emigrate to Birmingham, UK, hoping for a better life in a country none of them has ever been to. The Yus were a typical middle-class family in Hong Kong. This city has been torn into pieces and is no longer recognisable,” Yu said. But the government has been destroying this city…such as the history and education system. The continuing crackdown on political dissent and the overhaul of the education system since China introduced a sweeping National Security Law at the end of June 2020 finally forced him into a life-changing decision.
Publication of this story was delayed upon their request. But events last year changed his mind.Īl Jazeera documented the Yu family’s last four months in Hong Kong, their story a poignant perspective on why one family decided to move to a country where they do not speak the language and have few friends or job prospects rather than remain in Hong Kong. Development duo Hana and Cel chose this project as a way to explore and express the emotions that came with saying goodbye.Born and raised in Hong Kong, Darkus Yu had never considered leaving his home for almost half a century. No Longer Home was born when the developers were similarly forced apart after university, and decided to stay in touch by working on a game together. Get to know Lu, the multi-eyed, animal-like new flatmate. Follow the day to day activities and conversations of two queer, non-binary students and their friends. Have BBQs, play video games, and stay up late just talking in bed. Wander through an intimate flat and examine the everyday belongings of Bo and Ao. And deep under their South London flat, something grows.Īs they pack their belongings in the home they've shared, they'll unleash more than just memories Disillusioned by post-educational life and shoved aside by a government who doesn’t want them there, both are trying to come to terms with their uncertain futures. Thanks to visa limitations, Ao is forced to return to Japan, leaving Bo in England. Welcome the magic of the everyday and somewhat extraordinary.īo and Ao are graduating university and preparing to leave the flat they’ve lived in together for a year. Immerse yourself in the lives of Bo and Ao and learn about their dreams, frustrations and fears.
No Longer Home is a game about letting go of the life you've built due to circumstances beyond your control.
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