UK plans citizenship for 300,000 Hong Kong residents

UK foreign secretary Dominic Raab warned on Thursday that the government would open a path to citizenship for 300,000 Hong Kong residents unless China backs down on its planned security law.

The minister said he was making the move after China formally announced their decision “to impose security legislation on the people of Hong Kong”. Britain, the US, Canada and Australia issued a joint statement urging China to halt its plans. In defiance of US President Donald Trump, Chinese legislators approved a new national security law for Hong Kong, a measure that democracy advocates say will limit essential freedoms in the former British colony.

A key question for the UK is how to help the 300,000 people in Hong Kong who have British National passports. The foreign secretary said the UK will offer them a haven if Beijing does not back down.

So China is closing in Hong Kong......I think Taiwan must be scared right now

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