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Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents; 3 Million Hong Kong Residents to be given chance to settle in UK and ultimately apply for citizenship
BBC ^ | 07/01/2020

Posted on 07/01/2020 8:05:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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 UK for five years.

And after a further year, they will be able to apply for citizenship.

British National Overseas Passport holders in Hong Kong were granted special status in the 1980s but currently have restricted rights and are only entitled to visa-free access to the UK for six months.

Under the government's plans, all British Overseas Nationals and their dependents will be given right to remain in the UK, including the right to work and study, for five years. At this point, they will be able to apply for settled status, and after a further year, seek citizenship.

The PM said Tuesday's passing of a new security law by the Hong Kong authorities was a "clear and serious breach" of the 1985 Sino-British joint declaration - a legally binding agreement which set out how certain freedoms would be protected for the 50 years after China assumed sovereignty in 1997.

"It violates Hong Kong's high degree of autonomy and threatens the freedoms and rights protected by the joint declaration," he said.

"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."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: china; hongkong; residency; uk
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1 posted on 07/01/2020 8:05:40 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Better than Muslims.


2 posted on 07/01/2020 8:06:55 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where do you find the word "except" in the 2nd Amendment?)
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To: SeekAndFind

3 million freedom loving HKers might serve as a counterbalance to all the muslims that hate freedom.


3 posted on 07/01/2020 8:07:18 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SeekAndFind

The US needs to make a special offer to Hong Kong citizens to come to the US.


4 posted on 07/01/2020 8:07:41 AM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: Blood of Tyrants

100 times better!


5 posted on 07/01/2020 8:07:45 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

That’ll make the Somalis happy...

I’d say Trump should make the same offer in the US and put them in blue states but that’s be just as oppressive.


6 posted on 07/01/2020 8:08:37 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: SeekAndFind

Freedom loving capitalists escaping communism?

Bring it on!

(Vet for spies ....)


7 posted on 07/01/2020 8:10:42 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (BIDEN for MEMORY CARE 2019!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Better than 30,000 Moslems.

Although, because of them, suddenly there will be a demand that they stop immigration!


8 posted on 07/01/2020 8:11:58 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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Aye, that's the rub.

9 posted on 07/01/2020 8:12:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

OMG it would be hilarious for Trump to make that offer.

The liberals would be going nuts how to spin that as racism or anti immigrant


10 posted on 07/01/2020 8:13:14 AM PDT by Mr. K (NO CONSEQUENCE OF REPEALING IT IS WORSE THAN OBAMACARE ITSELF)
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To: SeekAndFind

Some one has to pay for the the freeloading Muslim pukes


11 posted on 07/01/2020 8:14:00 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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Give them Detroit. Plenty of run down housing.


12 posted on 07/01/2020 8:16:12 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Will the CCP allow them to leave or will the very act of trying to leave HK lead to your death or disappearance or remaining members of your family?


13 posted on 07/01/2020 8:16:26 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Weed out the Chinese agents.


14 posted on 07/01/2020 8:17:55 AM PDT by cmj328 (We live here.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope they burn what they leave behind.

The piracy of China deserves NOTHING.


15 posted on 07/01/2020 8:25:54 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: CondorFlight

The US needs to make a special offer to Hong Kong citizens to come to the US.


Our responsibility will be Taiwan.

The British are being honorable with those allied to them in Hong Kong.

I hope we will behave similarly with Taiwan.

We could have dealt with China sooner, but someone gave Russia the Bomb.


16 posted on 07/01/2020 8:30:02 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: SeekAndFind

Prediction - China will use this to send thousands of sleeper agents into the UK.


17 posted on 07/01/2020 8:34:21 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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No, we don’t.

We already have processes they can use.


18 posted on 07/01/2020 8:34:37 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Truth29

“Will the CCP allow them to leave or will the very act of trying to leave HK lead to your death or disappearance or remaining members of your family?”

Yes, they can leave. HK still controls its own borders.
No, there will probably nor be any retaliation.

The PRC might actually like to get rid of them.

But, if 3 million people leave HK the real estate market will absolutely crash (Not necessarily a bad thing given the cost of housing there), and 3 million people going to the UK will cause a severe housing shortage in British cities as Hong Kongers are probably not going to want to live in a small town.


19 posted on 07/01/2020 8:37:58 AM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: SeekAndFind

good.....


20 posted on 07/01/2020 8:41:37 AM PDT by cherry
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