[Hong Kong version of the National Security Law] US Senator introduced bill to advocate priority asylum for Hong Kong refugees

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Written by: Li Xiukun

2020-09-25 10:26

Last update date: 2020-09-25 10:31

U.S. Republican Senator Tom Cotton proposed a bill called "Hong Kong Refugee Protection Act" on September 21, which will designate Hong Kong as a priority refugee area. The United States will An additional 25,000 visas are issued each year.

The bill also stipulates that through a points system, an additional 30,000 visas will be added each year within 5 years to attract specially qualified Hong Kong people to the United States.

The additional visa quotas for these two projects will be loaned out from the "Diversity Visa" (DV).

Cotton, who holds a strong stance on China, said in a press release issued on the 21st: "As Beijing implements more authoritarian rule over this region, Hong Kong residents are no longer safe. The US refugee admission plan is precisely for this situation. Provide assistance-when a foreign government persecutes innocent people based on religion, political beliefs, and race."

Cotton has repeatedly issued tough remarks against China, including his bill on January 8 requiring the United States to stop sharing intelligence with countries that use Huawei equipment.

In early April, British media disclosed that he and another Republican Senator Josh Hawley drafted a bill to allow the government to "deliberately conceal or distort" information on public health emergencies such as the new coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) epidemic. Of foreign government officials imposed sanctions.

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