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Since the promulgation of the National Security Law, those who once caused trouble in Hong Kong have fled Hong Kong one after another, going to their "spiritual mother country" and returning to their "hometown".
Normally speaking, since these people have caused so much trouble with the support of foreign forces, it is also very normal for them to return to their masters after being exposed.
But what these Runren didn't expect was that when they returned to their masters, what they got was not meat and bones, but big sticks waving wildly in their hands.
Why is this happening? Doesn't Britain want these people with a strong sense of belonging?
The temptation of BNO
A passport has always been a valid travel document and proof of identity for a person overseas, and when you have a passport from a country, it means that you have the rights and status of a citizen in that country.
However, the United Kingdom does not think so, BNO refers to the British National (Overseas) Passport, which is a passport issued by the United Kingdom to Hong Kong residents on July 1, 1987 due to the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong.
In fact, this passport is quite deformed, and in the memorandum exchanged between China and Britain on the nationality of Hong Kong residents at that time, the British side itself stated that these BNO passport holders did not have the right of abode in the UK.
In addition, having a BNO passport is not a big deal, this passport is a special travel document that allows you to enter the UK without hindrance.
In addition, the BNO passport is not a long-term residence visa in the UK, nor is it a UK passport, and it cannot work in the UK, cannot enjoy education, medical benefits in the UK, and has no political rights.
To put it bluntly, it is a tourist visa for a "second-class citizen".
Some people will say, didn't the UK just announce that Hong Kong people with BNO passports can apply for British citizenship after applying to stay in the UK for five consecutive years and after living in the UK for another year?
Some Runying Hong Kong people are very excited, they have made "great contributions" for their masters, and now they can finally get the reward?
Well, if you only look at this news, these Rim Springs' Hong Kong people may really have a chance to become serious British citizens, but do they really have a chance?
Let's start with a look at the operation in the UK.
After the UK proposed this "5+1" immigration plan, the application fee for this "BNO passport" increased by 20%, and the immigration health surcharge increased by 66%.
In addition, if you want to know the application result of the BNO passport urgently, you can also pay an additional 500 to 800 pounds, so that you can know the application result within 5 working days, so intimate~Pro~
Britain's face almost wrote the word "asking for money" on its face.
As mentioned earlier, BNO passport holders are not allowed to work in the UK and enjoy the normal rights and benefits of British citizenship.
This means that in order to achieve this "5+1" plan, these Rim Polymer Hong Kong people with BNO passports need to spend at least three or four million Hong Kong dollars to achieve it.
Not to mention that the current British Prime Minister Sunak has launched the "most severe in history" immigration restriction policy, and the British government also intends to extend the continuous residence of these Runying Hong Kong people to 5~8 years.
This is no longer asking for money, doesn't this make it clear that blood is going to be drawn?
And that's not all, as early as Johnson's prime minister, a bill was introduced to transfer migrants illegally smuggled into the UK to a third country, and the Rwandan government would accept such asylum applications.
Now this bill has also passed, according to the "Global Times" on April 24, the House of Lords of the British Parliament passed a "2024 Rwanda Security (Asylum and Immigration) Bill" on the 22nd local time.
It is hard to imagine what it is like to have a Hong Kong rebel in Britain.
At that time, after the promulgation of the "National Security Law", many Hong Kong rioters fled to the UK, and they originally imagined that the UK could accept them well and they could live a good life in the UK.
But then what about the social elites who were once respected in Hong Kong, but when they arrived in Britain, they were faced with the dilemma of having to think about which bridge to sleep under every day.
At the beginning of 2023, a Hong Kong woman, who had been one of the rioters, committed suicide in a rented house in London.
You say she's not capable, but that's not, the suicidal woman holds a bachelor's degree in Asian and international affairs from the University of Hong Kong and a master's degree in international affairs from the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
It can be called a high-achieving student.
But when she committed suicide, she was still worried about rent and food money.
Why does Britain treat these Hong Kong people who hold BNO passports in this way? You must know that there are some Hong Kong social elites among these people.
Rim Springs: Hong Kong people are not people
Don't look at the exaggeration of the title, but in the eyes of the British, it is really like this.
Although there are many elites or intellectuals from all walks of life in Run Ying Hong Kong, their presence may also be of some help to the development of the United Kingdom.
But to put it bluntly, is Britain bad at that?
There are not a few people who immigrate to the UK legally every year, and these people are also serious elites, and they can live in the UK normally without even having to resort to political asylum.
So there is no shortage of people in Britain at all.
In addition, in the early years, Britain did not accept refugees and illegal immigrants from all over the world, but what was the result? Social chaos and unstable order.
The example of France is a good example of this, and the British people are not very friendly to these illegal immigrants and overseas immigrants.
If the British ruling party now allows so many people with BNO passports to enter the UK, let alone the British people, it is estimated that the opposition parties will burst into laughter.
The United States is made by immigrants, and Americans themselves are immigrants from North America, even so, isn't the Republican Party still cracking down on those immigrants very harshly?
Trump also built a border wall during his presidency to reduce the number of illegal immigrants in the United States.
The United States is so large, let alone a country like the United Kingdom, which has not many social resources.
Although the way the UK is now proposing that Rwanda deal with illegal immigration has not yet reached these Hong Kong people with BNO passports, this bill is undoubtedly a knife hanging over the necks of these Hong Kong people.
One day, the British will not like these Hong Kong people, so they will sign and send these Hong Kong people to Rwanda to build a new base area.
To put it bluntly, these "blood-shedding" of the people in Hong Kong are tools for the game between major powers, and when this tool loses its effect, will Britain still help them in an ancient way?
Apparently not.
After all, it is obviously not in the interests of the British to spend so many resources to help foreigners, but these rioters do not realize this.
SOURCE: SKY NEWS
The Global Times reported on April 24
International Times
From January 31, China will no longer recognize the so-called British National (Overseas) (BNO) passport as a valid travel document and proof of identity.xinhuanet [Citation date:2021-01-29]