China ‘firmly opposes’ UK plans to offer citizenship to 2.9m Hong Kongers – By Chris Robertson (Sky News) / July 2 2020
China says that the UK’s offer for millions of Hong Kongers to move to the UK violates international law, and would be opposed.
China is urging the UK to stop “interfering” in Hong Kong’s affairs after Boris Johnson’s government gave millions of citizens the chance to move to Britain.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the citizenship offer, describing the new security legislation as a “clear and serious breach” of the deal that saw Hong Kong pass from the UK to China in 1997.
But on Thursday, the Chinese Embassy in London told the UK that it “firmly opposes” the offer to allow more than 2.9 million Hong Kong citizens who hold British National Overseas (BNO) passports to apply to live in the UK, saying it would be a breach in international law.
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