Category: emigration

Emigration to UK Reaches New High as Over 110,000 Hongkongers Have Arrived in UK

It has been over two years since the United Kingdom launched The BNO (5+1) visa for Hong Kong people at the end of January 2021. The British Home Office announced that as of the first quarter of 2023, a total of 139,144 people had been approved for BNO visas abroad, of which 113,500 have arrived…


Why Some Canadians Are Leaving

After serving more than five years as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Daniel Pamudja wanted to settle down to a more traditional lifestyle. He got married, had children, and looked to buy a home and raise his family in the security of the country he had grown to love. But he says…


Hong Kong Experiences Shortage of Skilled Auditors Amid Emigration Wave

Hong Kong is facing an exodus of educated workers on a scale not seen since the early 1990s, that is impacting the city’s many functions, including auditing services. According to the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Hong Kong’s audit regulator, the emigration of experienced staff has resulted in a shortage of qualified auditors in the city,…


BNO Visa Applications Increased 25 percent Quarterly, 110,000 Approvals Last Year

A wave of emigration from Hong Kong has surged since the National Security Law was passed in June 2020. As shown in the data from the UK Home Office on May 26, 19,500 BNO visa applications were received, a 25 percent increase from 15,600 in the 2021 fourth quarter. This is a first big quarterly…


Emigrant Surge Driving High-Skilled Brain Drain in Hong Kong: Survey

A recent survey by headhunting company Venturenix found that a serious loss of IT talent is occurring in Hong Kong. The survey covered 101 companies of all sizes, including construction, real estate, retail, hotel, and tourism, and sampled the recruitment activities of 200 companies. The recent emigration wave was identified as a major reason for…


China’s Outflow of People and Capital Prompts Controls to Further Reduce Basic Freedoms

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Dynamic Zero-COVID policy seeks to contain the spread of the virus by locking down entire cities for undefined periods of time. The mounting outrage by people quarantined in Shanghai, Beijing, and beyond, has sparked a grassroots trend to consider moving abroad. The internet buzzword used to describe this trend is…


Hong Kong: The Complicated Way Forward For Pro-Establishment Supporters

The real wave of Hong Kong emigration will come this year and next year, in which 70 percent of emigrants will come from ”yellow” supporters (pro-democracy) and 30 percent from “blue” supporters (the pro-establishment camp), commented Professor Joseph Lian, an economist who had served as a senior advisor in Hong Kong’s Central Policy Unit, in…


China Tightens Control on Overseas Investment, Sets New Rules to Restrict Emigration

While the Chinese communist regime’s zero-COVID policy has accelerated the recession of China’s economy, the humanitarian crisis caused by the strict pandemic control measures has driven interest by wealthy Chinese to emigrate to the United States, Canada, and Europe. In response, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently put out new regulations to tighten its control…


Russia Facing Exodus of Tech Workers

News Analysis The Russian Federation may be facing yet another development in its litany of troubles since President Vladimir Putin began the invasion of Ukraine: a mass exodus of highly skilled tech workers from Russia. Because of the prevalence of remote work in the tech industry and the often cosmopolitan values of employees, many Russian…


Hong Kong’s Emigration Wave Continues, With UK and Taiwan First Choices

Hong Kong’s new National Security Law has changed the region’s social climate and triggered a new wave of emigration. Hong Kong’s official census shows that 66,000 residents moved out in 2020, mostly the young and middle-aged. One survey showed that 84 percent of high-income groups were considering emigrating overseas. According to data released by Hong…