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As a long champion of the Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act, Hong Kong Watch welcomes its reintroduction. We hope the USA will soon join the UK, Canada and Australia in offering a lifeboat for Hong Kongers in need of a lifeline out of the city. #Lifeboat #HongKongSafeHarborAct twitter.com/SenRubioPress/…
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Important thread on why @jacindaardern should consider offering a pathway to citizenship for HK students.
UK BNO scheme doesn't cover under 23s, New Zealand should help plug the gap.
#Lifeboat twitter.com/SamGoodman22/s…
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EU Parliament has overwhelmingly passed a joint-resolution on #HK #AppleDaily calling for: emergency visas for journalists in #HK, expansion of #Erasmus places for HKers as part of a #Lifeboat scheme, extension of EU funding for HK media, & #sanctions. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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It is welcome news that @POTUS has issued a directive today that will allow Hong Kongers in the USA the option to stay. We hope that this is a precursor to the introduction of a #Lifeboat scheme which will allow pro-democracy activists the chance to live, study, & work in the USA twitter.com/SecBlinken/sta…
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Following the charging of 47 pro-democracy activists & Beijing's electoral reforms, today a cross-party group of Canadian Parliamentarians have written to Immigration Minister @marcomendicino urging him to improve Canada's lifeboat scheme for HK. #Lifeboat hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Thank you @jamesbezan for joining cross-party calls for the Canadian Immigration Minister @marcomendicino to improve Canada's lifeboat scheme for Hong Kongers. #Lifeboat hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…
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Further evidence of how the draconian National Security Law is being used to target students & dismantle academic freedom. Likeminded governments should urgently offer young Hong Kongers the opportunity to work and study abroad, as a lifeline out of the city. #Lifeboat twitter.com/XinqiSu/status…
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We welcome reports that the #Australian Government is considering fast-tracking skilled visa applications for #Hkers. We hope this is the start of a review of Australia's #Lifeboat policy, which will allow more young #HKers the opportunity to work, study, and live in Australia. twitter.com/SenPaterson/st…
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Good to see @HeikoMaas and the German Government naming and shaming Hungary. It cannot be right that a single EU Member State is able to block EU measures to respond to the human rights crisis in Hong Kong, including an EU lifeboat scheme. #Lifeboat #HK twitter.com/StuartKLau/sta…
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Today 26 European Parliamentarians from 9 EU Member States led by @EnginEroglu_FW have today written to EU leaders calling for the EU to institute a #Lifeboat scheme for #HongKongers as a matter of urgency. hongkongwatch.org/all-posts/2021…