Immigration

[darmstadt]

I wonder what Farage, Hopkins, Robinson, et. al. will say about the influx of People from hong Kong (although they will presumably have to quarantine for 14 days first):

Boris Johnson has said he will offer nearly three million people in Hong Kong a route to UK citizenship if China imposes a security law that critics say would rob the territory of its autonomy.

Boris Johnson lays out visa offer to nearly 3m Hong Kong citizens | World news | The Guardian

It's probably okay as they're not East Europeans...

[Scruff]

He is going to need Voters at the next GE to take up the vacuum he has left in the Tory electorate (I WAS one of them until 2018), due to Cummings / IR35 / Morality / Honesty / Patel / Jenrick etc etc...

(No alternative parties are available, however).

[Old Greg]

I wonder what Farage, Hopkins, Robinson, et. al. will say about the influx of People from hong Kong (although they will presumably have to quarantine for 14 days first):



Boris Johnson lays out visa offer to nearly 3m Hong Kong citizens | World news | The Guardian

It's probably okay as they're not East Europeans...

Or Turks.

[vetran]

Do we really morally have a choice after we abandoned them to China?

Many people were against that as they predicted this (the abuse and resulting fleeing) would happen.

[darmstadt]

Do we really morally have a choice after we abandoned them to China?

Many people were against that as they predicted this (the abuse and resulting fleeing) would happen.

How were they abandoned exactly?

Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory - Wikipedia

[vetran]

How were they abandoned exactly?

Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory - Wikipedia

Well while the territory was under the British the Hong Kong residents enjoyed more freedoms than those under the communist government. Many wanted to remain under the British as they fear that the Chinese will remove the freedoms they had.

A Brief History of Protest in Post-Handover Hong Kong | Time

[ladymuck]

I think it's right to support the people of HK if China continue to erode the one country, two systems framework.

HK is a great place and I'm quite concerned about its future. Independence is another option but I can't see that happening - China still has designs on Taiwan and I heard on R4 this morning that they've dropped the word 'peaceful' from their thoughts on that topic.

[filthy1980]

i'd quite welcome innovative, hard working, free market orientated Hong Kongers

[AtW]

That should prop up housing market nicely - assuming HK residents will be happy in sunny Shires

[darmstadt]

I wonder what the journalist Farage thinks about people wanting to come to Britain to escape an oppressive regime?