Hong Kong: the ‘British’ three million

It is still hard to believe that an ultra-nationalist British government that won the Brexit referendum on a wave of anti-foreign rhetoric will really keep these promises.

The decision has been taken, and Hong Kong’s residents have two good reasons to leave: their freedoms are gone, and the economic future is grim. Many will decide to leave, but where can they go? Flickr photograph by Jonathan van Smit

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

July 6, 2020

“We will grant BNOs five years’ limited leave to remain (in the United Kingdom), with the right to work or study,” British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told the U.K. Parliament on July 1. “After five years, they will be able to apply for settled status. After a further 12 months with settl...

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