Hongkongers

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed there will be no more restrictions before New Year’s Day in England despite changes in other UK nations. Around 90,000 Hongkongers arrived in the UK this year since Beijing passed its national security law. But some say they’ve faced threats, even in the UK. A BBC journalist based in Moscow […]

The UK’s visa scheme for Hongkongers may be extended to allow younger people to come to Britain. MPs are proposing an amendment that would extend the visa scheme to 18- to 24-year-old Hongkongers, many of whom were involved in the 2019 pro-democracy protests.

The government launches a 10-year strategy to come down hard on lifestyle drug users. The prime minister defends Omicron travel restrictions after a government adviser said they may have come too late. MPs propose extending the visa scheme to Hongkongers aged 18 to 24, many of whom have faced protest charges.

President Joe Biden on Aug. 5 said he is offering a “safe haven” to Hongkongers in the United States that would allow thousands to extend their stay amid Beijing’s “significant erosion” of their freedoms back home. In a signed memo, Biden asked the Department of Homeland Security to defer the removal of Hong Kong residents […]

Sadiq Khan has sent a message of support to Hongkongers fleeing the Chinese regime’s crackdown. The mayor of London says the city will welcome them with open arms. Reporting by Eddie Aitken

The prime minister meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss travel restrictions, Northern Ireland, and football crowds. Fans and players get ready for England’s quarter-final clash with Ukraine on Saturday. Hongkongers fleeing to the UK speak out against threats from Beijing.

In the first three months of 2021, the UK received over 30,000 visa applications from Hong Kong. Around 150,000 Hongkongers are expected to move to the UK this year.

A new poll says three out of five young people in Hong Kong want to leave the city. This comes as Hong Kong’s autonomy becomes more and more uncertain. The poll was conducted by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and was released last Thursday. It surveyed about 800 Hongkongers, ages 15 to 30.

Since Hong Kong began vaccinating the public with the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine three deaths in nine days have increased anxiety about the vaccine’s safety.

Within just two weeks, 5,000 Hongkongers have applied for UK visas, which would give them a potential path to citizenship. By Earl Rhodes  

Thousands of Hongkongers are voting with their feet—leaving their homeland and moving to Britain—since Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the Chinese territory last summer. And the UK expects hundreds of thousands more since its new visa came into effect over the weekend.

A Chinese court has handed down prison sentences to 10 Hongkongers who tried to flee to Taiwan.

The family members of 12 Hongkongers accused of illegally entering Chinese waters are calling on Beijing for their release, following a trial on Dec. 28.

Thousands of Hongkongers ignored a police ban and staged a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre.