Australia suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty and offers visa extensions – By Sky News Staff (Sky News) / July 9 2020
Australia offers the territory’s residents the chance “to start a new life elsewhere” and pitches for businesses to also relocate.
Australia has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, and offered visa holders from the territory a five-year extension with a pathway to permanent residency, in response to China’s imposition of a national security law.
The 10,000 Hong Kong citizens in the country on student or temporary work visas are likely to benefit from the move.
“There will be citizens of Hong Kong who may be looking to move elsewhere, to start a new life somewhere else, to take their skills, their businesses,” said Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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