Political situation
Written by: Lin Jian
2021-02-01 11:19
The last update date: 2021-02-01 11:21
Beijing has introduced measures to counter the British rule allowing Hong Kong people to apply for visa immigration with BNO, and announced that it will no longer recognize BNO as a travel document and proof of identity. The Hong Kong government has also cooperated with relevant measures.
Member of the Executive Council and Chairman of the New Democrat Party Ye Liu Shuyi mentioned on a radio program today (February 1) that China’s countermeasures are only a symbolic gesture and have no substantive effect. I believe that if the British side takes other actions, China will consider it. Further countermeasures.
She described the Hong Kong people who suddenly went to the UK because of the BNO's power expansion, but they were just "refugees" and believed that it would be difficult for them to integrate into British society.
Emily Liu and Shuyi Ye.
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Emily Lau: Hong Kong people’s choice should be respected
Emily Lau, chairman of the Democratic Party’s International Affairs Committee, stated in a program on Hong Kong and Taiwan that China has never recognized dual nationality. From yesterday’s news, it can be seen that Hong Kong people will not have much difficulty leaving Hong Kong, and the countermeasures will have little impact temporarily.
She also pointed out that seeing more and more Hong Kong people planning to leave Hong Kong, the international community has the eyes to see, this is the situation in Hong Kong. I hope those who accuse the British will ask themselves first, what happened in Hong Kong, so that Hong Kong people would rather become sellers. go away.
As for China and Britain accusing each other of violating their promises, she said it was a war of words, with each saying different things.
Emily Lau also pointed out that any country has the right to modify its own immigration policy at any time in accordance with its national interests. Since the United Kingdom provides Hong Kong citizens with naturalization channels at this time and space, it means that the British side considers that there is a need after the judgment, and everyone should respect the choice of Hong Kong people. : "It's up to you if Hong Kong people go to a country to baa?"
Regarding the argument that China needs to strictly deal with the nationality issue of Hong Kong people, Emily Lau questioned that the National People’s Congress had explained the Nationality Law before 1997 and that the situation of Hong Kong people’s dual nationality was treated leniently. At present, some deputies to the Hong Kong People’s Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference , Pro-China business people or professionals all have foreign nationalities.
She believes that if China deliberately targets BNO holders, or gives the international community the impression that this is an arbitrary modification, there is no logic at all.
↓1.31 The situation of the airport on the first day of BNO loss of immigration function↓
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Ip Liu Shuyi: "Just do it right now" needs interpretation
The New Democrat Party Chairman Ye Liu Shuyi retorted that China has never "approved" dual nationality. When it comes to amending its immigration policy, the United Kingdom has done the most, because since the disintegration of the British Empire after the war, the United Kingdom no longer allows the people of the former colonial countries to enter and leave the United Kingdom freely. The revision was equally controversial.
The Hong Kong Act of 1985 did not allow Hong Kong people to have British Dependent Territories citizenship after the return. Emily Liu was also very critical at the time: "You (Emily Liu) changed your words in China at will, but the most changes were made to the United Kingdom."
Ip Liu Shuyi believes that the new measures have no real impact on Hong Kong people, because most Hong Kong people use ID cards and SAR passports for entry and exit, and they can enter Hong Kong with ID cards when they return to Hong Kong.
She also pointed out that in 1984, the then British Foreign Minister Sir David Howe stated that Britain’s responsibility for Hong Kong only lasted until June 30, 1997. Since the British side broke its promise first, China has the right to act accordingly according to its own understanding.
Some Hong Kong people who went to the UK boarded the plane with BNO and SAR passports.
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Ye Liu: I went to Britain via LOTR or participated in the Hong Kong riots
Ye Liu also mentioned that the current immigration regulations in the United Kingdom require immigrants to have certain academic qualifications, skills, and financial capabilities. However, according to the British Ministry of the Interior, there are about 7,000 ports from July 15, 2020 to January 13, 2021. People obtain a British residence visa through the Leave Outside the Rules (LOTR). These people themselves do not meet the requirements of the British designation.
She estimates that many of these people have participated in the riots in Hong Kong, have no skills and education, and are not as easy to integrate into the local society as those who have been educated in the UK since childhood. "You (the UK) should be a refugee."
As for whether China and the Hong Kong government will take further measures in the future, Ip Liu Shuyi pointed out that there are many options. A more stringent one can be "strictly enforce the nationality law after a specified date."
Personally, she believes that it is unfair to immediately lose the right of abode upon applying for a BNO, and it can be implemented after real naturalization in the UK. The government can require relevant persons to declare to the Immigration Department whether they have applied for foreign nationality before applying for benefits and registering as voters. .
As for whether the National People's Congress needs to interpret the law again, Ye Liu believes that it will be necessary if the Chinese side intends to "just do it." However, the interpretation has no retrospective effect. Therefore, it will deal with people who acquire foreign nationalities in the future, and will not affect existing ones.
Ye Liu Shuyi mentioned on the commercial channel program that Beijing and the SAR government no longer recognize the BNO passport as a travel document and identity certificate as a symbolic gesture and have no substantive effect. Unless there are other actions by the United Kingdom or a large number of Hong Kong people move there. China will consider further countermeasures.
She also said that Hong Kong residents who have immigrated to the UK must live there for no less than 180 days and meet the specified conditions before they can be naturalized. At that time, they may lose their right to stand for election or vote in Hong Kong.
BNO has recently become a dispute between China and Britain.
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Aviation workers: No passengers have been refused entry with only BNO passports
Li Yongfu, chairman of the Civil Aviation Industry Workers Union, pointed out that the airlines guidelines currently received are for Hong Kong passengers to check whether they hold permanent identity cards or SAR passports when they leave the country.
However, if someone leaves Hong Kong and enters a foreign country with a SAR passport and only uses a BNO passport when returning to Hong Kong from a foreign country in the future, problems may arise because the country may ask the person concerned because of incomplete entry and exit records.
He pointed out that so far there has been no case of being refused entry into Hong Kong for only holding a BNO passport.
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