Many more Hong Kongers are thinking about moving to Britain
That is good news for the country
IN SHORT ORDER, Hong Kongers have become one of Britain’s most important immigrant groups. Between January and the end of September, almost 89,000 applied to settle under a new visa scheme created in response to the rapid erosion of civil liberties in the province. For comparison, 184,000 people from all countries applied for work visas in the first nine months of this year. How many more Hong Kongers might come?
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Straws in the wind”
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