Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents
Source: BBC
Up to three million Hong Kong residents are to be offered the chance to settle in the UK and ultimately apply for citizenship, Boris Johnson has said.
The PM said Hong Kong's freedoms were being violated by a new security law and those affected would be offered a "route" out of the former UK colony.
About 350,000 UK passport holders, and 2.6 million others eligible, will be able to come to the UK for five years.
And after a further year, they will be able to apply for citizenship.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53246899
With those "others eligible", that's more than I realised had been talked about before.
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)But what will his base of old provincials think?
Thekaspervote
(32,606 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)Bit of light off in the distance
Glorfindel
(9,706 posts)I'm impressed in spite of my contempt for him personally. Give credit where it's due!
Dan
(3,524 posts)Know that most/majority/99% are Asian?
Cicada
(4,533 posts)The US needs productive young workers and Hong Kong has a huge number of them. Trump is hurting our economic future by blocking immigrants.
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)And no one will want to come here.
We are a shithole nation.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)And the Republican Party is on the way out.
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)mwooldri
(10,291 posts)It's not 2046 yet. So the UK is right to do this. China broke its word.
onetexan
(12,994 posts)marie999
(3,334 posts)Why would anyone want to come here?
Karma13612
(4,527 posts)roamer65
(36,739 posts)Either Dump will be gone or the west coast will be an autonomous region.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)of living than much of the world's population. I am often surprised at how many people don't realize that.
marie999
(3,334 posts)I just don't think they want to come here now.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)but I think for a lot of people who would want to immigrate, COVID-19 would be low on their list of things to worry about. It's all relative.
marie999
(3,334 posts)But not being brilliant but wanting a better life, America would probably not be on my shortlist right now. Maybe after 4 or 8 years of the Biden presidency, I would move here.
Karma13612
(4,527 posts)And/or simply bans travel.
This is shameful of China.
Nice that Johnson is doing this.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)roamer65
(36,739 posts)Most dissidents and people with any money will have left. The city will be a husk of its former self.
We should be stealing most of them.
onetexan
(12,994 posts)It's been clear to me since the British handed over HK that the 2-system governing will be going away. Was just a matter of time, and given the recent years' political problems they've made clear that time is now.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)A law professor on Bloomberg said they will have more rights on the mainland than they will as HKers.
I think Bloomberg will stop broadcasting from HK. Probably will move to Tokyo and Singapore.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)One country, two systems is bullshit.
Grins
(7,134 posts)I wish we had a government that smart.
Karma13612
(4,527 posts)In another diary or news site,
This is going to be a major brain and wealth drain for Hong Kong and ultimately China.