The Lau family are paying attention to Australia’s new deal of an unique visa and permanent residency path for Hong Kong locals.
China’s choice to pass a controversial brand-new nationwide security law for Hong Kong has actually seen countries in the West extend deals of resettlement to locals of the worldwide monetary centre.
And while the UK Federal government has also offered a five-year program that might give Hong Kong homeowners citizenship, some informed the ABC they would prioritise Australia as their very first option for emigration.
The Lau family, which has actually taken part in numerous demonstrations since the pro-democracy movement started in June last year, said Australia’s culture and environment were why they were wanting to begin a brand-new life here.
Mrs Lau and her other half are both British National Overseas (BNO) passport holders operating in senior positions in Hong Kong’s media market, and have gone to Australia a number of times.
” We are wanting to move to Australia. We are happy for the Australian Federal government’s offer to help Hongkongers,” Mrs Lau, who asked for to be known only by her surname for security factors, said.
Australia appealing for Hongkongers
Hong Kong media magnate Jimmy Lai got away mainland China as a child in the early 1960 s, reaching the then British-ruled island area of Hong Kong as a stowaway on a fishing boat.
Last year police charged Mr Lai– the founder of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Next Magazine and the paper Apple Daily– with participating in, arranging and prompting others to participate in illegal assemblies, offences that bring a sentence of a minimum of seven years jail time.
” Australia now extending a hand to the Hong Kong people in our time of difficulty is the mark of Australia as a nation of heart, an excellent and great nation,” Mr