A civil society group helping Hongkongers settle down in the UK has expressed concerns that the UK government’s welcoming fund for new Hong Kong arrivals has gone to groups with alleged links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Hongkongers in Britain (HKB), an ex-pat group founded by Hong Kong activist Simon Cheng, called on the government to “reach out to Hongkongers beyond the well-established Chinese groups which may be subtly ‘open’ to the Chinese regime.”
Following the imposition of Beijing’s draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong in June 2020, the UK opened a special visa programme allowing British National (Overseas) status holders from the former British colony and their eligible family members to resettle in the UK.
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