'Millions of Hong Kong residents with 'British National Overseas' status can permanently move to UK'
DOMINIC Raab vowed Britain will not “kowtow” to China as he opened the door to three million Hong Kongers.
Mr Raab branded the new legislation “a flagrant assault on freedom of speech and freedom of protest”.
Under the plans, they will be able to relocate to the UK for up to five years, and after a further year would gain the right to apply for full citizenship. “It violates Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and is in direct conflicts with Hong Kong's basic law.“We made clear that if China continued down this path we would introduce a new route for those with British National Overseas status to enter the UK, granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the UK and thereafter to apply for citizenship, and that is precisely what we will do now.
China has torn up our agreement over freedoms and rights in the former British colony, which was meant to last half a century from the 1997 handover. Those fleeing Hong Kong will mainly fall into that category. But we have a moral duty to rescue its people regardless.
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