Hong Kong citizens in Australia will be allowed to stay another five years amid China crackdown

People from Hong Kong currently in Australia will be allowed to stay in the country for five more years and offered a pathway to permanent residency, after China imposed a controversial security law on the city. , which critics say gives China sweeping new powers to suppress free speech in Hong Kong, was enacted last week.

Mr Morrison said the government would also try to attract Hong Kong-based businesses to Australia to create more jobs. If you're a current or future student, you'll be able to stay for a total of five years once you've graduated, with a pathway to permanent residency at the end of that period.If you're a temporary skilled visa holder, your visa will be extended by an additional five years from Thursday, with a pathway to permanent residency at the end of that period.

“We must also provide a safe pathway for Hongkongers who are currently in Hong Kong [and] who need to flee the horrific and harmful situation they face,” refugee adviser Graham Thom said.

Why don’t we take them all! Double standard there are 8m innocent people

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But the same laws apply on many others citizens like Iran Venezuela should we offer them the same or China is different

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Totally bullshit policy. Did ScoMo ask for approval on this from Australian taxpayers and citizens?

But they will continue to kick people out that have paid taxes and worked hard while getting through university and supporting family back home cause they not have money to continue paying high visa fees

Seriously Australia, how do we balance this decision with the concentration camps we have forced other refugees to live in. Gobsmacked.

Good job

Thank you Australia. It's sad that Hong Kong people have to leave our home because it becomes too dangerous to stay...

How will you know those who are genuine Hong Kongers from those who are Chinese agents?

This is not fair. Rewarding queue jumpers.

The nasty comments below from your leftist tribe show how hateful and racist they are. Disgusting cockroaches scrambling on the wrong side of history.

ScottMorrisonMP if You keep going you still have time to Fuck the whole country and all of its contacts, leave the Chinese alone, it’s none of our business PaulineHansonOz NSWLabor billshortenmp thelizhayes

That's great. Now let's strengthen our ties with other nations as we prep for WW3.

Australia 🇦🇺 save Hong Kong 🇭🇰, then save China 🇨🇳 people? China 🇨🇳 communist are just a small group of wealthy Chinese

So is this encouraging protests in Macau?

Great Aussie.

How about people from mainland China ?

Instead of making this about filling a skills gap in Australia, Mr Morrison should make this unequivocally about extending a helping hand to democrats in need. Even HKers who don't meet skills tests should be offered assistance

Politics, shifting public attention away from local issues, political white supremacy and just double standard twat. And lot of anti-china trolls' posts

And yet I can't leave my own country to be with my fiance while we wait in line for his visa to be granted. LoveIsNotTourism LiftTheTravelBan ScottMorrisonMP AlanTudgeMP PeterDutton_MP zalisteggall KKeneally

Hide your wallets Slomo wants your cash to make up for his lack of economic skills

Please do background checks! Don’t let CCP and Pro-CCP HongKongers to come to Australia!

Is it for those BNO only or just any Hong Kong residents?

We’ve spent at least $30million of Australian taxpayers money to keep two small Australian girls locked up on Xmas Island with their parents hometoBilo and billions on many legitimate refugees on Manus just looking for a safe haven but can lay out the red carpet for Hong Kong?

I actually listened to Morrison's speech. Does anyone notice this means nothing? People from HK still go through the same skillset testing and stuff to gain PR. No different to anyone else, only that they have 5 years while other graduates have 2... 😅

The population ponzi Machine must be feed. We are in a depression and once JK and JS are removed or reduced, mortgage repayment moratorium lifted there will be mass unemployment and more mass destruction on wealth. How about build a productive economy instead. No housing ponzi

Like it or not, Hong Kong is part of China. This move by Morrison is ratcheting up tension and as the Chinese ambassador to the uk said last week “we want to be friends but if you want war there will be consequences.” This decision by Morrison might be very costly to us.

If I go to China and start a business does a Chinese local still have to own 51% of it Do you think we should implement that in Australia

well done mr. PM, it is very classy

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Geez, how would the Rohingya and hazara and other asylumseekers in Australia be feeling now? Been waiting for years for government support, and all they had to do in the end was by from HongKong instead

Given this opportunity all HK people will apply for this visa but will return to HK to do business as usual

Will that be via detention centres on Manis or Christmas Island?

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Good stuff 👍

Those people had better be counted as a part of our refugee quota.

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'The new law, which critics say gives China sweeping new powers to suppress FREE SPEECH in Hong Kong' auspol

What happens if these people arrive by boat ?

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And yet we are paying hundreds of millions of dollars to keep people on Manus Island? Don't all the refugees want Democracy? How about the 1.4 Billion Chinese who are never going to get Democracy?

What not also white South Africans?

Well done. Let these freedom loving Hong Kongers in. Now all we need to do is get these commie-loving chinese deported from Aus and all will be grand. FcuckChina

PM don't get sucked in with ploy it's just a plan to relocate to another country..It's deal simple they are all young and all trying to play a game...China is running Hong Kong the right way ..It's the youth trying get relocated because they don't like the way it is now.real easy

Huh? Its a magnanimous gesture, but we have a reputation for unjust hardline anti-immigration, built over decades of treating refugees like scum. Nothing to do with money, per chance?

Finally some good news

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