Posted on 07/09/2020 9:13:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Australia’s prime minister said the country will halt its extradition agreement with Hong Kong over the passage of a new Beijing-backed "national security" law and will extend temporary visas from Hong Kongers in Australia.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday that the visa extension will allow those from Hong Kong with temporary visas to stay for five additional years and will open a path to permanent Australian residency, according to the New York Times. Morrison also encouraged businesses to move to his country.
“We are a great immigration nation,” the prime minister said.
The move comes in response to a controversial new national security law. The law is expected to have profound effects on the freedom of residents in Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous region claimed by China. In response to the law, Canada has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, and the United Kingdom has opened a path to citizenship for up to 3 million residents of the former British colony.
“Our government, together with other governments around the world, have been very consistent in expressing our concerns about the imposition of the national security law on Hong Kong,” Morrison said. “Today we have agreed to announce that that national security law constitutes a fundamental change of circumstances in respect to our extradition agreement with Hong Kong.”
Winston Peters, Australia’s deputy prime minister who handles foreign affairs, said that China’s move to pass the new national security law has “fundamentally changed the environment for international engagement there.”
China immediately denounced Australia for its decision.
“We urge the Australian side to immediately stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs,” the Chinese embassy in Australia said in a statement. “Otherwise it will lead to nothing but lifting a rock only to hit its own feet.”
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Other Western nations should do the same. They may have an Asian mentality, but they understand the value of freedom.
Canada and Mexico (and a host of other countries) refuse to extradite murderers to the United States because we have the death penalty.
Wouldn’t this also be “meddling in our internal affairs.”
It’s what kept Ira Einhorn free and living in comfort in France for decades after he killed Holly Maddux.
Good move on Australia's part to make their distrust of the new system clear.And it's a smart move for them to offer visas to democracy minded residents.
Good move on Australia’s part to make their distrust of the new system clear.And it’s a smart move for them to offer visas to democracy minded residents.
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Maybe they’ll offer the same to us at some point.
This is ok but really the issue doesn’t go away.
Thus points out how imprisobed the entire Chinese out try under the communists is.
We just always ignored that and exploited their subjugation for cheap products.
China could fill Hong Kong with mainland Chinese... what China wants is the expertise and the institutional knowledge. What they don’t understand is the magic in the mix is freedom - and once that’s gone it’ll be a hellhole... with or without the current Hong Kong residents.
So China should let them leave - when China takes over the magic will die anyhow.
Australia’s prime minister said the country will halt its extradition agreement with Hong Kong over the passage of a new Beijing-backed “national security” law and will extend temporary visas from Hong Kongers in Australia.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Thursday that the visa extension will allow those from Hong Kong with temporary visas to stay for five additional years and will open a path to permanent Australian residency, according to the New York Times. Morrison also encouraged businesses to move to his country.
“We are a great immigration nation,” the prime minister said.
It is so great to have someone like this man as PM for Australia versus of some real jerks.
Hahahah. You knew this was coming.
Bwhahahah, China’s internal Affairs, etc.etc.etc.
I Didn’t know Australia was a part of China?
Bugger off, etc.
It’s what kept Ira Einhorn free and living in comfort in France for decades after he killed Holly Maddux.
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Roman Polanski
Sorry, forgot about that a-hole.
There are others too. There was a teenager who killed his own family in Washington or Oregon who escaped to Canada. They wouldn't extradite him until they got a guarantee that he wouldn't be given the death penalty. I can't recall his name, not that it matters.
Also, serial torture-killer Charles Ng went on the lam to Canada after his prison-dungeon-torture facility (including video tapes) was discovered in 1985. Again, Canada refused to extradite him as long as he was liable for the death penalty (even though his known crimes were in California, where no one has been executed for decades).
Steve Wozniacki must feel cheated, they charged him $5,000,000.00 for his papers.
If only Australia had a 2nd amendment. It would be a great place for true freedom
In your face ChiComs.
Uh... Winston Peters is the Deputy Prime Minister of NEW ZEALAND.
Australia's Deputy Prime Minister is Michael McCormack and the Foreign Affairs Minister is Marise Payne.
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