British Prime Minister Boris Johnson held a video call on Friday with four families from Hong Kong who came to the UK under the new visa scheme for British National (Overseas) status holders following Beijing’s imposition of the National Security Law. The new visa scheme, which was opened on Jan. 31, was designed to offer BN(O) status holders in Hong Kong a path to citizenship at a time when freedom and human rights in the former British colony are under unprecedented threat from the Chinese regime. The government said 27,000 applications have been received from those wishing to come and pursue a new life in the UK. The four families who joined the call on Friday have all travelled to the UK in the last year. During the call, Johnson said to the families: “On behalf of the whole country I want to say how glad we are to have …