Residents of the UK's former colony believe China is undermining Hong Kong's rights and freedoms
The UK will introduce a new visa at the end of January that will give 5.4 million Hong Kong residents - a staggering 70% of the territory's population - the right to come and live in the UK, and eventually become citizens.
It is making this "generous" offer to residents of its former colony because it believes China is undermining Hong Kong's rights and freedoms.
Not everyone will come. Some of those eligible to leave have expressed their determination to stay and continue the fight for democracy.
In the end, Britain estimates that about 300,000 will take up the visa offer over the next five years.
But some are so keen to leave that they are already in the UK, including Andy Li and his wife Teri Wong.
Andy Li (L) and Teri Wong (R) have already moved to the UK to give their children better opportunities
The couple moved to the city of York with their daughter Gudelia and son Paul in October, shortly after Britain announced it was planning to launch the new visa scheme.
They made the move primarily for their children.
"We feel that the things we treasure about Hong Kong - our core values - are fading over time," said Mr Li.
So are you going to move to Canada if Trump wins re election ? Oh, wait ...
You might be migratin' too. Did you get your re-education camp suitcase ready? Remember, no food items!
No. kurtster is staying behind to patrol convenience stores and shopping malls with an automatic rifle. To protect Americans. Or to gun down as many of them as possible, should there be an incident.
Location: Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth
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Oct 2, 2020 - 1:21pm
steeler wrote:
Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump·11hIn light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!
Again, do not be fooled by those who have been saying this (The Wall, Sanctuary Cities, etc) is about illegal immigration, not legal immigration. The line continues to blur.
The Trump administration announced that the ceiling for refugee admissions for the fiscal year that began yesterday will be 15,000, the lowest refugee admissions ceiling since the program began 40 years ago. The refugee maximum in the 4 decades before Trump averaged about 96,000.
Again, this is about being anti-immigrant, period. Well, except for the âmerit-basedâ ones, of course.
A new report by immigration rights advocates highlights an alarming pattern of human rights violations against pregnant and postpartum asylum seekers in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection during the pandemic. Some of the accounts include a Guatemalan asylum seeker who was forced to give birth next to a trash can while still wearing pants and a pregnant Honduran asylum seeker who was expelled to Mexico while she was having contractions. This follows shocking reports that a doctor at an ICE jail in Georgia has been performing hysterectomies on immigrant women without their consent.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration proposed sweeping regulations that would end the U.S. asylum system as we know it. The proposal would create insurmountable obstacles for asylum seekers fleeing persecution by narrowing the circumstances under which people can be granted asylum and denying applicants a fair hearing. These changes would have a particularly harmful impact on survivors of torture and gender-based violence, the LGBTQ+ community, and those fleeing gang violence.
We have until July 15, 2020, 11:59 PM ET to urge the administration to withdraw these proposed regulations.
The administration must consider and respond to each unique comment submitted on these proposed regulations. In your comment, draw from your personal experiences and expertise. Did your ancestors come to the U.S. as refugees? Are you or do you know an asylum seeker or asylee? Why do YOU oppose these changes? Why do you stand with asylum seekers?
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